Passion in the Desert
1997 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 863 VOTES · DIR. Lavinia Currier
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 284 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:56 Help.
00:03:53 Good French wine.
00:04:37 There's the Nile and there's the sea.
00:05:25 What are they doing?
00:06:16 Venture dresses like our enemy,
00:06:53 a tree, an animal.
00:07:21 Lies and superstitions...
00:08:46 Wheel around, wheel around!
00:12:02 You soldiers are always in a hurry.
00:13:38 The wind.
00:14:50 We're not lost!
00:15:52 Why didn't you catch it?
00:17:47 to mix your paints?
00:19:46 In the desert,
00:23:04 From the sea.
00:27:00 Help!
00:33:58 Fight.
00:53:15 Give me back my coat!
00:53:58 Prettiest wet.
00:54:57 My head...
00:56:13 Soul of the wind.
01:01:36 He thinks we're jinns.
01:15:01 Sweet Jesus, provide for me.
01:22:26 No, stop!
Cast & Characters
Ben Daniels
Augustin Robert
Michel Piccoli
Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Paul M. Meston
Grognard
Kenneth Collard
Officer
Nadia Odeh
Bedouin Bride
Auda Mohammed Badoul
Shepherd Boy
Mohammed Ali
Medicine Man
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed284
Dialogue density3.1 lines / min
First line00:00:56
Final line01:22:26
Production Record
DirectorLavinia Currier
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes863
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