As she entered the gates, she was met not with hostility, but with awe. The people of Zarzura had never seen the great grey beasts of the south. They hailed her as a desert deity
Reviewers note that while D’Amato was renowned for grittier horror classics like Anthropophagus
The story is secondary to rhythmically edited sequences of undressing, baths, rituals, and softcore couplings.
D’Amato’s use of natural light and wide-angle shots of the dunes gives the film a sense of grandeur rarely seen in the genre.
Given the partial information ("19..." likely refers to the late 1990s or early 2000s), the title suggests an adult/exploitation film directed by Joe D'Amato (real name Aristide Massaccesi), part of his Queen of Elephants series, with a setting in the Sahara desert.