Tunisian American partnership in Banderas’ new film
Warner Bros and Universal Studios contracted with the Tunisian producer Tarak Ben Ammar for the production of the movie starring Antonio Banderas entitled “Black Gold”.
Warner Bros and Universal Studios contracted with the Tunisian producer Tarak Ben Ammar for the production of the movie starring Antonio Banderas entitled “Black Gold”.
A 55-million-dollar budget was allocated for the production of the movie, in which Antonio Banderas plays the leading role together with the Algerian Tahir Rahim and the Indian star Freida Pinto.
The film revolves around a conflict between two fictional kingdoms in the Arabian Desert, and a big war breaks out between them because of oil. This is the first film dealing with the Arabian Desert and tribal life fully after the famous movie “Lawrence of Arabia” directed by David Lane more than half a century ago.
The film is adapted from the classic novel “The Great Thirst” by the Swiss writer Hans Ruesch published in 1957. The events of the novel occur during the 1930′s in a fictional place in one of the Arab areas in the desert where tribes are fighting for oil.
The movie will be directed by the famous French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud after having nominated the famous Algerian director Lakhdar Hamina. The script for the movie is written by the American Mino Magis who has previously worked with director Steven Spielberg.