Day of the Falcon
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(2011)
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Day of the Falcon
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(2011)
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| Mark Strong | ... |
Sultan Amar
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| Antonio Banderas | ... |
Emir Nesib
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| Freida Pinto | ... | ||
| Riz Ahmed | ... |
Ali
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| Liya Kebede | ... |
Aicha
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| Tahar Rahim | ... |
Prince Auda
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| Corey Johnson | ... |
Thurkettle
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| Adriano Giannini | ... |
Pilote
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| Eriq Ebouaney | ... |
Hassan Dakhil
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| Akin Gazi | ... |
Saleeh
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| Lotfi Dziri | ... |
Sheikh of Bani Sirri
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| Jan Uddin | ... |
Ibn Idriss
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| Jamal Awar | ... |
Companion Khoz Ahmed
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| Mostafa Gaafar | ... |
Khoz Ahmed
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Driss Roukhe | ... |
Magroof
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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 ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.