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Passion in the Desert (1997)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 ... See full summary » Director:Lavinia Currier |
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Augustin Robert
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Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
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Paul Meston | ... |
Grognard
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Bedouin Bride
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Shepherd Boy
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Mohammed Ali | ... |
Medicine Man
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Habis Hussein | ... |
Bedouin
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Tasheen Kwalda | ... |
Bedouin
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Ismael Al-Hamd | ... |
Bedouin
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James Peck | ... |
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Nicolas Sagalle | ... |
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Abdul Latif Salazar | ... |
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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. Written by Anonymous
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What nature divides, the spirit unites.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for violence including some depictions of barbarism, and for nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 June 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Simoom See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$34,358 (USA) (12 June 1998)Gross:
$249,682 (USA) (11 September 1998)Company Credits
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The phrase uttered by Venture after he and Augustin realize they are lost (and says "We seemed to have misplaced the French army") is "mesh ma'ool" which is "unbelievable" in Arabic said in fairly good Egyptian dialect. See more »Goofs
The French soldiers fire a cannon at the sphinx. An explosion is shown with a shower of stone and dust from the face of the sphinx. 2 minutes later, Venture is shown drawing with the sphinx behind him visible and intact. See more »Quotes
Augustin Robert: You can't get lost in Egypt; there's The Nile, and there's the sea.See more »
This movie is beautiful in all ways. It is visually stunning, and this is a good thing since the dialogue would only take up a page or two of paper. The acting is superb; it is subtle, passionate and intense. Ben Daniels does a fabulous job of turning himself into an animal, and mixing that wild nature with a man's overbearing passion and honor. There is not one flaw, not one mistake or wrong moment to be found anywhere. It is completely perfect, but only if you understand what you're going to experience. It isn't a movie for anyone who wants normality.