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Passion in the Desert
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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   491 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Honoré de Balzac (story)
Lavinia Currier (screenplay)
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Release Date:
12 June 1998 (USA) more
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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
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Mesmerized more (21 total)

Cast

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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
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13
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7 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
Mesmerized, 1 June 2001
8/10
Author: Robert Sims (iteti@home.com) from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

I recently stumbled across a TV showing of "Passion...." (having missed the opening scenes). Ms Currier in to be praised for having the vision and courage to bring such a strange de Balzac tale to the screen. I am grateful to the entire cast and crew for their parts in producing such a thoroughly fine motion picture. It must have been arduous shooting so many scenes in the desert. And I cannot comprehend how her trainer coaxed such a fine "performance" from the leopard, Simoon. (This adverture calls to mind another suspenseful adventure, "Naked Prey"). Why isn't this film more well-known?. Hope I can find it on video.

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