Passion in the Desert
“What nature divides, the spirit unites.”
5.5
Rating
(12 votes)
1h 31m
Runtime
1997
Released
2
Popularity
Genres
Overview
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.
Status
Released
Original Title
Passion in the Desert
Release Date
1997-08-31
Languages
English
Directors
Writers
Lavinia CurrierScreenplay
Honoré de BalzacStory
