Black Gold (2011)
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $40,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $5,446,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 10.677 |
Directed By
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Crew
Menno Meyjes
Jean-Jacques Annaud
James Logan
James Horner
Sarah Ellis
Capucine Courau
Stéphane Linet
Uli Nefzer
Lee Herrick
Alain Godard
Hervé Schneid
Emma Pucci
Susana Gomes
Pierre Quefféléan
Virginie Wintrebert
Selim Azzazi
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Julien Perez
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Lilith Bekmezian
Benoit De Longlee
Eric Carme
Jennie Evans
Nicolas Becker
David Koskas
Jim Henrikson
Natasha Gomes de Almeida
Denis Garnier
David Gourmaud
Tarak Ben Ammar
Hans Ruesch
Fabienne Guillot
Vincent Arnardi
Frédéric Le Louet
Thierry Poulet
Céline Pelé
Dick Bernstein
Jan Rubens
Absi Anis
Laurent Ripoll
Nicolas Fioraso
Sarah Zaanoun
Anita Roth
Amélie Grossier
Christophe Chabenet
Cédric Denooz
TOP 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
Taoufik Ayeb
Sergeant Talib
Driss Roukhe
Magrouf
Hichem Rostom
Nesibi Colonel
Jan Uddin
Ibn Idriss
Mostafa Gaafar
Khoz Ahmed