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Passion in the Desert (1997)

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User Rating: 6.4/10 (392 votes)
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Overview

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:
Never thought they could make a decent movie of this story more

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:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:12 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Moab, Utah, USA more
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Company:
Roland-Film more

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Soundtrack:
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3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Never thought they could make a decent movie of this story, 11 June 2004
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Author: Gerald McDougall (gmcdouga@c1ama.net) from Amarillo, Texas

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.

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