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Beasts of No Nation (2015)

Beasts of No Nation (2015)

Drama War

Child. Captive. Killer.

Release Date: 2015, September 11
Directors: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Countries: Brazil, United States of America
Production: Participant, Red Crown Productions, Levante Filmes, Mutressa Movies, Primary Productions, Parliament of Owls
Cast: Idris Elba, Abraham Attah, Jude Akuwudike, Kurt Egyiawan, Nana Mensah, Fred Nii Amugi, Kobina Amissah-Sam, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ama K. Abebrese, David Dontoh, Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye, Richard Pepple

Overview:

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.

Keywords:

based on novel or book jungle civil war africa brutal violence refugee guerrilla warfare children in wartime drug use west africa machete child soldier