La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu

La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu
Film poster
Directed by	Souheil Ben-Barka
Written by	Michel Constantin Souheil Ben-Barka
Screenplay by	Michel Constantin
Produced by	Latif Lahlou
Starring	Claude Giraud
Cinematography	Girolamo La Rosa
Music by	Gheorghe Zamfir
Production companies	Cinétéléma Euro Maghreb Films
Distributed by	Les Films Molière
Release date	July 1975 (1975-07)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Morocco
Language	French

La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu is a 1975 Moroccan drama film directed by Souheil Ben-Barka. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.[1]

Plot

The film takes place in a fictive Arab country that could be Morocco. In the midst of social turmoil happening in oil refinery plants, an American company uses corruption to get into the local oil business, leading to a peak in revolts. A minister who was trying to denounce the ongoing corruption and the subsequent impoverishment of the country fails to control the revolts and ends up in jail.[2][3][4]

Description

La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu is the second movie of Souheil Ben-Barka.[2] It was really in French theaters on 27 August 1975.[4] Following pressuring threats from Saudi Arabia and Iran, the film was banned.[5]

Cast

• Claude Giraud as Toumer
• Philippe Léotard as Padovani
• Sacha Pitoëff as Essaan
• Assan Ganouni as Hendas
• George Ardisson as Trudot (as Giorgio Ardisson)
• Claudio Gora as Stockell
• David Markham as Thomson
• Henryk Wodzinski as Kreis

References

1. "9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
2. ""La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu" de Souhel Ben Barka". Le Monde.fr (in French). 30 August 1975. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
3. La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu de Souheil ben Barka - (1974) - Drame (in French), retrieved 19 May 2021
4. "La Guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu - Fiche Film - La Cinémathèque française". cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
5. "Cinéma : Souheil Ben Barka en son royaume – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 26 September 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

External links

• La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu at IMDb