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Passion in the Desert

"What nature divides, the spirit unites."

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PG-13 1997 · 1h 31m
Adventure
Starring Ben Daniels · Michel Piccoli · Kenneth Collard
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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.

Theatrical
Aug 31, 1997
Director
Lavinia Currier
Writers
Honoré de Balzac, Lavinia Currier
Studio
Roland-Film, Fine Line Features
Keywords
egypt napoleon bonaparte leopard woman director
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Ben Daniels
Augustin Robert
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Michel Piccoli
Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
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Kenneth Collard
Officer
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Nadia Odeh
Bedouin Bride
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Mohammed Ali
Medicine Man

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