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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.
Language
Budget$40,000,000
Revenue $5,446,000
English
Budget$40,000,000
Revenue $5,446,000
Casts

Mark Strong
Sultan Amar

Antonio Banderas
Emir Nesib

Freida Pinto
Leyla

Tahar Rahim
Auda

Riz Ahmed
Ali

Lotfi Dziri
Sheikh of Bani Sirri

Liya Kebede
Aicha

Corey Johnson
Thurkettle

Akin Gazi
Saleh

Ériq Ebouaney
Hassan Dakhil

Ramzy Lehner
Taoufik Ayeb
Sergeant Talib

Driss Roukhe
Magrouf

Hichem Rostom
Nesibi Colonel

Jan Uddin
Ibn Idriss
Mostafa Gaafar
Khoz Ahmed
Crews

Menno Meyjes
Screenplay

Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director

James Logan
Stunts

James Horner
Original Music Composer
Sarah Ellis
Costume Design
Thierry Poulet
Assistant Art Director
Céline Pelé
Assistant Costume Designer
Jan Rubens
Steadicam Operator
Absi Anis
Special Effects Coordinator
Lee Herrick
ADR & Dubbing
Jim Henrikson
Music Editor
Nicolas Fioraso
Foley
Emma Pucci
Art Direction
Susana Gomes
Second Unit Cinematographer
Jennie Evans
ADR & Dubbing

Pierre Quefféléan
Production Design
Virginie Wintrebert
Visual Effects Coordinator
Vincent Arnardi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stéphane Linet
Armorer
Laurent Ripoll
Visual Effects Editor
Hans Ruesch
Novel

Jean-Marie Dreujou
Director of Photography
Denis Garnier
First Assistant Camera
Capucine Courau
Dialogue Editor

Tarak Ben Ammar
Producer
David Koskas
Still Photographer
Dick Bernstein
Music Editor
Uli Nefzer
Special Effects Supervisor
David Gourmaud
Visual Effects Editor
Eric Carme
VFX Supervisor
Lilith Bekmezian
Assistant Art Director

Nicolas Becker
Foley
Fabienne Guillot
Set Decoration

Selim Azzazi
Supervising Sound Editor
Frédéric Le Louêt
Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Jean-Jacques Annaud
Adaptation
Natasha Gomes de Almeida
Script Supervisor
Benoit De Longlee
CG Supervisor

Alain Godard
Adaptation

Hervé Schneid
Editor
Julien Perez
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Anita Roth
First Assistant Editor
Sarah Zaanoun
Assistant Editor
Amélie Grossier
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Christophe Chabenet
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Cédric Denooz
Sound Effects Editor

William Washington
Stunts
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