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  • 2006
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  • 2006
  • BQHL
  • 1 h 20 m

Summary A disturbing exploration of what it means to be a man Desert Wind unveils the innermost thoughts of 13 men about their lives and male identity, making a clean sweep of clichés. Their revelations -- a glimpse of the hidden side that few men spontaneously reveal -- are of equal interest for women. (XL Production)

Directed By: François Kohler

  • 2006
  • BQHL
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2006
  • BQHL
  • 1 h 20 m

Desert Wind

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Summary A disturbing exploration of what it means to be a man Desert Wind unveils the innermost thoughts of 13 men about their lives and male identity, making a clean sweep of clichés. Their revelations -- a glimpse of the hidden side that few men spontaneously reveal -- are of equal interest for women. (XL Production)

Directed By: François Kohler

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Desert Wind will be of interest to men - and especially to women, who might learn much they didn't know about the opposite sex.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
50
While the experience may have been highly rewarding for its participants, viewers may be less than enthralled.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Far from encouraging "Survivor"-style competitiveness, the desert setting serves as a serene Club Med-type backdrop to the all-male bonding.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
50
Though it generates its share of unintentional giggles, Desert Wind does manage to take us to a seldom-visited place: the hidden corners of the straight male mind.
By Lawrence Van Gelder FULL REVIEW
42
The problem with Desert Wind is that Kohler takes everything at face value. Wouldn't it have been more useful to make this trip the centerpiece of a longer documentary that follows the men before Tunisia and, more importantly, after?
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
40
Nicely rendered moments of casual intimacy between the men attest to the trip's therapeutic value, but very little of it transfers to the audience. The dull large-group scenes consist mostly of old standbys like writing problems on slips of paper and burning them.
By Joshua Land FULL REVIEW

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Production Company ARTE, National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR)
Release Date Feb 15, 2006
Duration 1 h 20 m
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Website http://www.lesouffledudesert.com/
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