Black Gold

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.

Main Cast

Mark Strong

Sultan Amar

Age : 60 | Popularity : 65%

Antonio Banderas

Emir Nesib

Age : 63 | Popularity : 35%

Freida Pinto

Leyla

Age : 39 | Popularity : 32%

Tahar Rahim

Auda

Age : 42 | Popularity : 5%

Riz Ahmed

Ali

Age : 41 | Popularity : 15%

Lotfi Dziri

Sheikh of Bani Sirri

Age : 67 | Popularity : 7%

Liya Kebede

Aicha

Age : 46 | Popularity : 7%

Corey Johnson

Thurkettle

Age : 62 | Popularity : 21%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Menno Meyjes
	Adaptation	Jean-Jacques Annaud Alain Godard
	Novel	Hans Ruesch
Sound	Original Music Composer	James Horner
	Music Editor	Dick Bernstein Jim Henrikson
	ADR & Dubbing	Lee Herrick Jennie Evans
	Foley	Nicolas Becker Nicolas Fioraso
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Vincent Arnardi Julien Perez
	Supervising Sound Effects Editor	Frédéric Le Louet
	Supervising Sound Editor	Selim Azzazi
	Sound Effects Editor	Cédric Denooz
Directing	Director	Jean-Jacques Annaud
	Script Supervisor	Natasha Gomes de Almeida
Editing	Editor	Hervé Schneid
	First Assistant Editor	Anita Roth
	Dialogue Editor	Capucine Courau
	Assistant Editor	Sarah Zaanoun
Production	Producer	Tarak Ben Ammar
Camera	Director of Photography	Jean-Marie Dreujou
	Steadicam Operator	Jan Rubens
	Still Photographer	David Koskas
	First Assistant Camera	Denis Garnier
Art	Production Design	Pierre Quefféléan
	Set Decoration	Fabienne Guillot
	Art Direction	Emma Pucci
	Assistant Art Director	Lilith Bekmezian Thierry Poulet
Costume & Make-Up	Special Effects Makeup Artist	Amélie Grossier Christophe Chabenet
	Costume Design	Sarah Ellis
	Assistant Costume Designer	Céline Pelé
Crew	Armorer	Stéphane Linet
	Visual Effects Editor	David Gourmaud Laurent Ripoll
	Stunts	James Logan
	CG Supervisor	Benoit De Longlee
	Second Unit Cinematographer	Susana Gomes
	Special Effects Coordinator	Absi Anis
Visual Effects	Special Effects Supervisor	Uli Nefzer
	VFX Supervisor	Eric Carme
	Visual Effects Coordinator	Virginie Wintrebert
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