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Passion in the Desert
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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   487 votes
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Director:
Lavinia Currier
Writers:
Honoré de Balzac (story)
Lavinia Currier (screenplay)
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Release Date:
12 June 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama more
Tagline:
What nature divides, the spirit unites.
Plot:
Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
What is true Passion? A desire to survive. more (21 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Ben Daniels ... Augustin Robert
Michel Piccoli ... Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Paul Meston ... Grognard
Kenneth Collard ... Officer
Nadia Odeh ... Bedouin Bride
Auda Mohammed Badoul ... Shepherd Boy
Mohammed Ali ... Medicine Man
Habis Hussein ... Bedouin
Tasheen Kwalda ... Bedouin
Ismael Al-Hamd ... Bedouin
James Peck ... Soldier
Nicolas Sagalle ... Soldier
Abdul Latif Salazar ... Soldier
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Simoom (USA) (working title)
Simoom: A Passion in the Desert (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence including some depictions of barbarism, and for nudity.
Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Moab, Utah, USA more
Company:
Roland-Film more

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Soundtrack:
Helalisa more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
What is true Passion? A desire to survive., 25 July 2000
8/10
Author: Alex from Texas

An excellent story well told by the film maker. The interactions between the man and the leopard brought many questions to the viewers mind about just who was being humane. The humans killed for no reason the animals only to survive. At the end of the movie you were left wondering just who the real "hero" of the movie was. A well told story. The human actor did an excellent job but the leopard stole every scene it was in.

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Beastiality hell! Kungfuvoodoo
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Why does the animal in these kinds of movies always have to die?! parasiteross
NOMINATION oldmotem
Beastiality-Subtext? (spoilers) jeroid
No DVD?! AnnJS
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