Black Gold
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Synopsis
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.
- Directed by
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Written by
- Menno Meyjes, Hans Ruesch, Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast
Mark Strong
Sultan Amar
Antonio Banderas
Emir Nesib
Freida Pinto
Leyla
Tahar Rahim
Auda
Riz Ahmed
Ali
Lotfi Dziri
Sheikh of Bani Sirri
Liya Kebede
Aicha
Corey Johnson
Thurkettle
Akin Gazi
Saleh
Ériq Ebouaney
Hassan Dakhil
Ramzy Lehner
Taoufik Ayeb
Sergeant Talib
Driss Roukhe
Magrouf
Hichem Rostom
Nesibi Colonel
Jan Uddin
Ibn Idriss
Mostafa Gaafar
Khoz Ahmed
Details
- Released
- December 21, 2011
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- France, Italy, Qatar, Tunisia
- Budget
- $40,000,000
- Box office
- $5,446,000
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