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Passion in the Desert(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-08-31
58%
13 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
What nature divides, the spirit unites.
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Roland-Film
Movie: Passion in the Desert
Top 7 Billed Cast
Ben Daniels
Augustin Robert
Michel Piccoli
Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Kenneth Collard
Officer
Nadia Odeh
Bedouin Bride
Mohammed Ali
Medicine Man
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