A soaring epic of honor, greed, betrayal and love from award-winning director Jean-Jacques Annaud. After years of bloody conflict, the leaders of two rival kingdoms reluctantly agree to end the fighting. But when oil is discovered between their territories, the war is re-ignited. Now it is up to their children-young lovers who have married in hopes of bringing the families together-to find a way to end the violence and bring peace to the land.
MPAA Rating: R; for violence.
Tarak Ben Ammar presents ; a Quinta Communications, Prima TV, Carthago Films and France 2 Cinéma co-production ; in association with Doha Film Institute ; screenplay Menno Meyjes ; producer Tarak Ben Ammar ; a film by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Title from disc surface.
Based on the novel "The great thirst" by Hans Ruesch with adaptation by Jean-Jacques Annaud and Alain Godard.
Originally released under the title: Black gold.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Special features: the making of featurette; transforming the desert featurette; from storyboard-to-screen featurette.
Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Tahar Rahim.
Music composer, James Horner ; director of photography, Jean-Marie Dreujou ; editor, Hervé Schnied.
DVD, NTSC, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
