Passion in the Desert

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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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Adventure

Duration:

91 minutes

Year:

1997

Director:

Lavinia Currier

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Company:

Roland-Film,

Fine Line Features

Cast:
Ben Daniels

Augustin Robert

Michel Piccoli

Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis

Paul M. Meston

Grognard

Kenneth Collard

Officer

Nadia Odeh

Bedouin Bride

Crew:
Lavinia Currier

Director

Honoré de Balzac

Story

Lavinia Currier

Screenplay

Alexey Rodionov

Director of Photography

Mark Southworth

Stunts