Adventure · United States of America · 1997 · 1h 31m

Passion in the Desert

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Director
Lavinia Currier
Cast
Ben Daniels as Augustin Robert Michel Piccoli as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis Paul M. Meston as Grognard Kenneth Collard as Officer Nadia Odeh as Bedouin Bride Auda Mohammed Badoul as Shepherd Boy
Crew
Alexey Rodionov — Director of Photography Lavinia Currier — Screenplay Honoré de Balzac — Story
Tagline

What nature divides, the spirit unites.

Synopsis

Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments and temples that are destroyed by French soldiers in acts of barbarism. During combat, Augustin and Jean-Michel are separated from their regiment, and they start wandering through the desert fighting for their life. In one of the canyons Augustin meets a leopard he names Simoom and a strange bond between them appears.

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Mood & Themes
egyptleopardnapoleon bonapartewoman director
Key Collaborators
Lavinia Currier Director Alexey Rodionov Director of Photography Lavinia Currier Screenplay Honoré de Balzac Story
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