Queen of the Desert

Queen of the Desert

One woman can change the course of history

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Release Date

9/3/2015

Runtime

128 mins

Overview

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$1,592,853

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A sweeping biographical portrait of an unconventional woman navigating desire, ambition, and empire across the deserts of the Middle East. It's a film about self-discovery rendered through landscapes and longing, with the grandeur of an epic tempered by intimate emotional complexity.

Mood

WistfulRomanticMelancholicDefiant

Themes

LoveIdentityColonialismAmbitionFreedom

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

PainterlyWidescreen epic

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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