Black Gold
Black Gold
Overview
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.
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Cast
Mark Strong
Antonio Banderas
Freida Pinto
Tahar Rahim
Riz Ahmed
Lotfi Dziri
Liya Kebede
Corey Johnson
Akin Gazi
Ériq Ebouaney
Ramzy Lehner
Taoufik Ayeb
Driss Roukhe
Hichem Rostom
Jan Uddin
Mostafa Gaafar
Crew
Menno Meyjes
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Thierry Poulet
Uli Nefzer
Jim Henrikson
Laurent Ripoll
Jennie Evans
Selim Azzazi
Sarah Zaanoun
Hans Ruesch
Pierre Quefféléan
Susana Gomes
Lee Herrick
Fabienne Guillot
Nicolas Becker
Alain Godard
Jan Rubens
Benoit De Longlee
Eric Carme
Nicolas Fioraso
Absi Anis
Sarah Ellis
Dick Bernstein
David Koskas
Vincent Arnardi
Frédéric Le Louet
Emma Pucci
Lilith Bekmezian
Denis Garnier
Virginie Wintrebert
Anita Roth
Natasha Gomes de Almeida
Stéphane Linet
David Gourmaud
Hervé Schneid
Céline Pelé
Capucine Courau
Julien Perez
Tarak Ben Ammar
James Horner
Cédric Denooz
