The first trailer for American actress Nicole Kidman's historical drama "Queen of the Desert" is out.
Both intriguing and thrilling, the promo gives a brief insight into the relationship between the characters played by Robert Pattinson and Kidman. Also starring are Hollywood actors James Franco and Damian Lewis.
The native Australian actress portrays writer and British secret service operative, Gertrude Bell, in the film.
Bell has been dubbed as a female "Lawrence of Arabia" for her role in shaping a new political order in the Middle East following the end of the First World War and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
A major segment of filming took place in Morocco and Petra, Jordan. Principal photography with the main cast started in Merzouga on 13 January, 2014. Filming also took place at Marrakesh and Arfoud and continued till 26 February, 2014, in Ouarzazate, Morocco. After Morocco, filming moved to London and finished on 6 March, 2014, according to Wikipedia.
"Queen of the Desert" premiered at Berlin International Film Festival and is expected to hit US theatres later this year.
Here's the official synopsis:
The film tells the story of Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) who, as historian, novelist and member of the British secret service, played a decisive role around 1920 in setting the course for the new political order in the Middle East. As an educated young woman, for whom no suitable husband can be found in England, she journeys to Tehran. After a tragic love affair with diplomat and inveterate gambler Henry Cadogan, she decides to give up on her private life and discover the region as an explorer. Before the backdrop of the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire she learns languages, translates literature, meets with Muslim dignitaries in Cairo, Basra and Baghdad and earns their trust through her pluck and respect. Predestined to be a mediator between the Orient and the British Empire, she contributes to defining the new borders in the region after the First World War. And then love enters her life once again. Werner Herzog uses the vast desert landscapes to depict the architecture of his characters' souls. A panoramic epic about the woman who has gone down in history as 'the female Lawrence of Arabia'.
