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58% Critic Match
Passion in the Desert
“What nature divides, the spirit unites.”
5.8 / 10• 1997• 1h 31m•PG-13• English
Adventure
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ben Daniels
Augustin Robert
Lead
Michel Piccoli
Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
PM
Paul M. Meston
Grognard
Kenneth Collard
Officer
Nadia Odeh
Bedouin Bride
AM
Auda Mohammed Badoul
Shepherd Boy
Mohammed Ali
Medicine Man
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lavinia Currier's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Passion in the Desert is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
