In the North Sea some sixty thousand people live offshore. On the F.G. McClintock drilling rig, eighty men and one woman work around the clock in search of black gold, while a stand-by vessel circles them for their safety. In such a closed space, facing the wild sea, there is little room to say how one feels. “The noise is everywhere, you can’t get away from it,” says Brian Spencer, the toolpusher. After Nord Express and the Queen Elizabeth 2, Rob Rombout films another small society behind closed doors.
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Rob Rombout Director · Jean-Philippe Laroche Writer Jean-Louis Daulne Composer
First release January 1, 1994 · Produced in Belgium, France · Production Wallonie Image Production, RTBF
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Nota Bene
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Wallonie Image Production
Production
RTBF
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BRTN
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France 2
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Galatée Films
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Belgium · France
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Original title
L'Île noire
Original language
English
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English
Release dates
Belgium · January 1, 1994
TV · RTBF / BRTN / France 2 co-production; year only
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