Day of the Falcon (II) (2011)
"Black Gold" (original title)

Set in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and modern, liberal father-in-law.

Director:

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Writers:

Menno Meyjes (screenplay), Jean-Jacques Annaud (adaptation),

Stars:

Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mark Strong	...	Sultan Amar
Antonio Banderas	...	Emir Nesib
Freida Pinto	...	Princess Leyla
Riz Ahmed	...	Ali
Liya Kebede	...	Aicha
Tahar Rahim	...	Prince Auda
Corey Johnson	...	Thurkettle
Adriano Giannini	...	Pilote
Eriq Ebouaney	...	Hassan Dakhil
Akin Gazi	...	Saleeh
Lotfi Dziri	...	Sheikh of Bani Sirri
Jan Uddin	...	Ibn Idriss
Jamal Awar	...	Companion Khoz Ahmed
Mostafa Gaafar	...	Khoz Ahmed
Driss Roukhe	...	Magroof

Storyline

In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, in Arabia, Emir Nesib of Hobeika defeats Sultan Amar of Salma after years of war between their tribes and they make a peace treaty creating "The Yellow Belt", a large no man's land that would separate their lands and would not belong to neither of them. Further, Nesib demands the sons of Amar, Saleh and Auda, to be raised together with his children Tarik and Leyla by him in Hobeika as a guarantee of their agreement. Fifteen years later, representatives of the Texas Oil find oil in the Yellow Belt and the modern and liberal Emir Nesib sees the opportunity to improve and modernize the life of his tribe, building hospitals and schools, and the American Company begins the exploitation of the oil field, violating the peace pact. Nasib sends a representative to make an agreement with the fundamentalist Sultan Amar, but he does not accept the offer. Saleh decides to travel to Salma to talk to his father and kills his two companions, but he is ...

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Plot Keywords:

color in title | two word title

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

France Italy Qatar Tunisia

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 2011 (France)

Also Known As:

Day of the Falcon

Filming Locations:

Empire Studios, Latrach, Tunisia

Box Office

Budget:

€40,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Quinta Communications, Prima TV, Carthago Films S.a.r.l.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filming took place in Tunisia during the Jasmine Revolution that led to the overthrow of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Filming finished on-schedule and on-budget with no interference.

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Quotes

Prince Auda: God hates the things we do in His name. He hates that.

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Connections

Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Review of 2012 (2013)

User Reviews

Nice Film, Hollywood clichés and a good story

It has a good story (historically irrelevant) about the beginnings of oil exports from the middle east. The leading role is played marvelously while for some obscure reason the accompanying major characters are a bit swallow.

Other than that, it is consistent, the film and the story flow without tiring the audience and with awe inspiring scenes of desert battle.

Baring in mind that I gave a 9 to the film because I really enjoyed it and that's what films are about, I have to address the fact that either my knowledge of the Arab world is far lesser than i thought or the film for some reason follows some ill-thought clichés... Half of the people shown on the film would never pass for Arabs... really never... it's more likely that i would pass for an Arab and I'm Greek than half of the cast of the movie... moreover the "heaviness", if it can be a valid term, of the language reminds me more of Persians and less of Arabs ...

Anyways other than that, it is a good film worth seeing, it will make you worth the time.