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Passion in the Desert (1997)
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Release Date:
12 June 1998 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Never thought they could make a decent movie of this story moreCast
(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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Simoom (USA) (working title)Simoom: A Passion in the Desert (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for violence including some depictions of barbarism, and for nudity.Parents Guide:
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91 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalCertification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:12 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13MOVIEmeter: 
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I remember reading the original Balzac story in college French.
I remember Ken Nordine of WGN-TV in Chicago reading it as one of his late night shows.
Always loved the story but never believe they could or would make a movie of it. To my surprise they did and did it VERY well.
Few of any Balzac stories lend themselves to dramatization, which is unfortunate, and -cat lover that I am, I was always hoping it WOULD be filmed without a lot of Hollywood sexing up. This is as close to perfect conversion as could be done.
The theater of the mind is always better than what the eye can see, but this is as close as I think it can come to letting the imagination of reading meet the reality of seeing.