Beasts of No Nation
Child. Captive. Killer.
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9/11/2015Runtime
137 minsOverview
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional 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.
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A visceral, unflinching descent into the psychological and physical brutality of child soldiery, shot with an immersive intimacy that makes you feel trapped inside Agu's deteriorating moral world. The film doesn't look away from how war unmakes innocence.
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Abraham Attah
Agu
Idris Elba
Commandant
Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye
Strika
Opeyemi Fagbohungbe
Sergeant Gaz
Emmanuel Affadzi
Dike
Richard Pepple
Father Friday
Ama K. Abebrese
Mother
Kobina Amissah-Sam
Father
John Arthur
Angry Bush Taxi Driver
Kurt Egyiawan
2nd I-C
Jude Akuwudike
Supreme Commander Dada Goodblood
Ricky Adelayitor
Village Constable
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