It's always fascinating to watch a movie made by someone who could not be talked out of making this kind of movie. The leopard brings him meat and becomes his companion. Currier's direction establishes a tone of realism that contrasts with a fanciful, symbolist story. From the July 9-15, 1998 issue of Metro. As we debate the value of indigenous cultures or genetics versus environment or nature versus nurture, it’s still those issues. [ Movies Index | Metro | Metroactive Central | Archives ] ( Log Out /  She also ventured to some very remote locations, filming most of Passion in the Desert in the ancient canyon city of Petra in Jordan, familiar as the home of the Holy Grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. After a skirmish with the native horsemen, the men are separated from the troops and soon lost in the sands. There he encounters a leopard, whom he names Simoom, after the desert wind. This edition is written in English. Maintained by Boulevards New Media. There he encounters a leopard, whom he names Simoom, after the desert wind. It reveals that he crosses the boundary of his species and crosses the line. ), directed and written by Lavinia Currier, based on the novella by Honoré de Balzac, photographed by Alexei Rodionov and starring Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli and Mowgli. And he had nightmares for several weeks. Change ). Currier's direction establishes a tone of realism that contrasts with a fanciful, symbolist story. [ San Jose | Metroactive Central | Archives ], Augustin finds water in the tent of a Berber woman, but she sounds the alarm, and he hides in some cliffs believed to be haunted by an evil spirit. He would essentially live with the cats and by the time we shot they would be intimate friends. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. “Passion in the Desert” is a unique tale of a stranded Napoleonic soldier (Ben Daniels) who, in the middle of the Sahara, stumbles upon and ultimately bonds with a wild leopard. When she goes into season, Augustin finds himself as jealous as if Simoom were a woman. Passion in the Desert is a curiosity: too bloody for children and too peculiar for half of the adults in the audience.

How Currier got her leopards--a notoriously touchy breed of cat--to submit to the indignity of filmmaking is a mystery.
When the trainer came to me and said “Sorry, today the cats don’t work,” at first I would argue with him and say, “But Rick, they have to work. THE STRANGE IMPORT Passion in the Desert was obviously enormously difficult to make. Passion in the Desert (PG-13; 93 min. And the period, 200 years ago, I thought was a mirror or an echo of our period cause it was the debate between Rousseau and Descartes. it's impossible to stifle a guffaw. Copyright © Metro Publishing Inc. ), directed and written by Lavinia Currier, based on the novella by Honoré de Balzac, photographed by Alexei Rodionov and starring Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli and Mowgli.


The leopard brings him meat and becomes his companion. And yet I want to congratulate Currier for having persevered. It's always fascinating to watch a movie made by someone who could not be talked out of making this kind of movie.

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