Black Gold

130 mins
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.

Mark Strong

Sultan Amar

Lotfi Dziri

Sheikh of Bani Sirri

Corey Johnson

Thurkettle

Ériq Ebouaney

Hassan Dakhil

Taoufik Ayeb

Sergeant Talib

Hichem Rostom

Nesibi Colonel

Jan Uddin

Ibn Idriss

Mostafa Gaafar

Khoz Ahmed

Menno Meyjes

Screenplay

James Horner

Original Music Composer

Sarah Ellis

Costume Design

Capucine Courau

Dialogue Editor

Uli Nefzer

Special Effects Supervisor

Lee Herrick

ADR & Dubbing

Alain Godard

Adaptation

Emma Pucci

Art Direction

Susana Gomes

Second Unit Cinematographer

Pierre Quefféléan

Production Design

Virginie Wintrebert

Visual Effects Coordinator

Selim Azzazi

Supervising Sound Editor

Jean-Marie Dreujou

Director of Photography

Julien Perez

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lilith Bekmezian

Assistant Art Director

Benoit De Longlee

CG Supervisor

Eric Carme

VFX Supervisor

Jennie Evans

ADR & Dubbing

David Koskas

Still Photographer

Jim Henrikson

Music Editor

Natasha Gomes de Almeida

Script Supervisor

Denis Garnier

First Assistant Camera

David Gourmaud

Visual Effects Editor

Fabienne Guillot

Set Decoration

Vincent Arnardi

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Frédéric Le Louêt

Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Thierry Poulet

Assistant Art Director

Céline Pelé

Assistant Costume Designer

Dick Bernstein

Music Editor

Jan Rubens

Steadicam Operator

Absi Anis

Special Effects Coordinator

Laurent Ripoll

Visual Effects Editor

Sarah Zaanoun

Assistant Editor

Anita Roth

First Assistant Editor

Amélie Grossier

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Christophe Chabenet

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Cédric Denooz

Sound Effects Editor

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