Passion in the Desert

What nature divides, the spirit unites.

Passion in the Desert — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 31, 1997
• Runtime
• 91 min
• Genres
• Adventure
• Director
• Lavinia Currier

Passion in the Desert — Cast

Ben Daniels Augustin Robert Michel Piccoli Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis

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Paul M. Meston Grognard Kenneth Collard Officer Nadia Odeh Bedouin Bride

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Auda Mohammed Badoul Shepherd Boy Mohammed Ali Medicine Man