- Port dies of typhoid at a French Foreign Legion post in the Sahara. Kit then begs a ride from a camel train led by a Tuareg named Belqassim, who takes her to his home in Niger, disguises her as a boy and shuts her in a guest house until his wives find her and order her out.
The Sheltering Sky (1990)
film · 1990 film by Bernardo Bertolucci
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Italy
- Languages
- English, Arabic, French
- Distributors
- Warner Bros. Entertainment, Netflix
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Genre
- drama film
- Cast
- Debra Winger, John Malkovich, Campbell Scott, Paul Bowles