Set in the 1930, two Arabian Sultans agree for a neutral zone within the desert that none of them shall ever claim as his after one sultan has defeated the other. To bind the treaty, the defeated sultan gives - as is Bedouin custom - his sons as hostages for life to the undefeated king. The sons grow up with the family of the undefeated ruler more or less free, but do not return or flee out of honor. A full decade later the ruling king recognizes that his country is not only plagued by diseases he cannot cure, but that all his regions he rules over are hundreds of years technologically behind. An American Oil company finds oil within the neutral zone and approaches the ruling king to gain permission to pump the oil. When the ruling king agrees and thereby breaks the old peace treaty, he gains wealth, but also sparks the flames of war. One of the two sons of the defeated kings, who were life-term hostages is a bookworm and is loved very much by the ruling king's daughter,becomes so his son-in-law and tries his best to become a peace emissary to avoid a war. After his appeals to his own father fail, he must choose a side and fate foresees a transformation of the protagonist. Will his transformation be successful and can he avoid for his country to be torn apart in a civil war and still find love and happiness in his personal life as well as for his to be born nation?
Find out and watch this epic movie with a fantastic soundtrack from James Horner and get drawn in the world of kings, Bedouins and the unforgiving Arabian desert 80 years ago - you'll like the cinematography. My vote: a fascinating 8 of 10.
Find out and watch this epic movie with a fantastic soundtrack from James Horner and get drawn in the world of kings, Bedouins and the unforgiving Arabian desert 80 years ago - you'll like the cinematography. My vote: a fascinating 8 of 10.