It is a shame the production was unable to afford decent lighting, most of the action takes place in semi-darkness, not what you expect from a desert movie. If you don't know anything about the life of Isabelle Eberhardt you will be totally confused about what is happening, an extraordinary life reduced largely to an unconvincing love story. The continuity - or lack of it - leaves the film with a first draft feel - one minute the heroine is jail the next she is riding across the desert (before quickly disappearing into another black hole). Another problem is that Peter O'Toole is the only one in the caste who can act. A truly dreadful movie - the real IE deserves so much better
Review of Isabelle Eberhardt
