Passion in the Desert

Plot

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.

Cast

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