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Currier gets remarkable performances from both man (the daring Daniels) and beast (three leopards groomed for this task from birth by trainer Rick Glassey).
Passion in the Desert
1997 American film
Passion in the Desert, or Simoom: A Passion in the Desert, is a 1997 film from director Lavinia Currier based on the 1830 short story "A Passion in the Desert" by Honoré de Balzac.
The film follows the ventures of a young French officer named Augustin Robert (Ben Daniels) in late 18th-century Egypt during Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign to capture the country.
Plot
In 1798, Napoleon I has launched an invasion of Egypt.
A frail and elderly artist, Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis (Michel Piccoli), has been commissioned by Napoleon to sketch the landscape and monuments of Egypt. French soldier Augustin Robert (Ben Daniels) has been assigned to keep Venture from being harassed by the other soldiers, but the unrelenting burden of this task soon takes its toll on Augustin.
This dissertation combines literary study, cultural history, and critical bibliography to examine the development of a specific literary genre in the early.Mameluks attack the regiment's small encampment. In the aftermath, Augustin and Venture are now separated from their regiment. Walking in the arid landscape, under