Passion in the Desert Movie Review 1997

Definitely one of the stranger plots going. Augustin Roberts (Daniels) is a French officer in Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. He's escorting artist Venture de Paradis (Piccoli), who's been commissioned to record the country's monuments. The duo are lost and separated in a desert sandstorm, with Roberts eventually finding shelter in the ruins of an ancient city. But he's not alone--his dangerous companion is a female leopard, who decides to help out the two-legged interloper. Based on a novella by Honore de Balzac.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 93 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Military: Foreign, Middle East, Wild Kingdom, Survival, Deserts, Books to Film: Honore de Balzac, Big Cats

Screenplay

Lavinia Currier, Martin Edmunds

Cast

Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli

Cinematography

Alexei Rodionov

Director

Lavinia Currier

Music

Jose Nieto

Producer

Lavinia Currier, Joel McCleary, Stephen Dembitzer, Roland Films, Fine Line Features