Black Gold

Black Gold (2011)

AdventureDrama

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.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writer: Menno Meyjes

Casts

	Mark Strong as Sultan Amar
	Antonio Banderas as Emir Nesib
	Freida Pinto as Leyla
	Tahar Rahim as Auda
	Riz Ahmed as Ali
	Lotfi Dziri as Sheikh of Bani Sirri
	Liya Kebede as Aicha
	Corey Johnson as Thurkettle
	Akin Gazi as Saleh
	Ériq Ebouaney as Hassan Dakhil
	Ramzy Lehner as
	Taoufik Ayeb as Sergeant Talib
	Driss Roukhe as Magrouf
	Hichem Rostom as Nesibi Colonel
	Jan Uddin as Ibn Idriss
	Mostafa Gaafar as Khoz Ahmed

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