Passion in the Desert . Tucson Weekly . 09-21-98

Passion in the Desert

DIRECTED BY: Lavinia Currier

REVIEWED: 09-21-98

Rather astonishingly, this film is about a man who falls in love with a leopard. The setting is Egypt, the time is the late 18th century, and soldier Augustin Robert (Ben Daniels) gets lost in the dunes but is miraculously saved by a pretty spotted kitty cat. Perhaps she likes his over-tanned skin, or his Hercules-style mane of flowing bleached hair. Or his shaved chest. Or his big muscular body. The two set up housekeeping, but naturally such a love is not destined to last, even if the man involved is a French man. This movie certainly gets points for being strange, and for having a cast that consists almost entirely of a man and a four-footed creature. There is little dialogue. Yet despite this, it's curiously flat and lackluster. Dare I say it--there's just no chemistry between Daniels and that darn cat.

--Richter

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