Saturday, April 13, 2013
EPIC
Today's film was Jean-Jacques Arnauad's
It used to be called "Black Gold".
Not successful at the box office though not treated well by the distribution.
It is all Arabs, no Israelis. In the 20s, tribes fight over whether they should drill (decadence) or not and then when they do they all fight over it.
It is a potboiler.
The reason I got the DVD is that it features Tahar Rahim (The Prophet) and I would cross a desert to watch him.
He is an Arab prince who sees both sides, old and new. Starts a scholar, ends a canny warrior.
It pushes all the conventional buttons, a perfect score. But in the end it is not anything but beautiful, exciting, heartwarming, exhilarating and overall, a good time.
Too bad it didn't go anywhere. Rahim is getting more traction now with some new films on the way. I have them in my queue.
I would be happy to see this again just for the hell of it and to watch my young actor do his job.
Labels: films
