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Beasts of No Nation. The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties—a child soldier—in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation unfolds in an unnamed, civil-war-torn West African country, where the young Agu ...
Oct 16, 2015 · Written and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Beasts of No Nation” is based on Uzodinma Iweala’s harrowing, linguistically dazzling novel of a child soldier’s life. Mr. Iweala’s ...
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A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows the journey of Agu as he’s forced to join a group of soldiers. While Agu fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country ...
Jan 1, 2005 · Uzodinma Iweala. Uzodinma Iweala is a writer and medical doctor. His first book, Beasts of No Nation: A Novel (HarperCollins, 2005), tells the story of a child soldier in West Africa. His second book, Our Kind of People: Thoughts on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, will be released in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States in the summer of 2012.
BEASTS OF NO NATION is based on the highly acclaimed novel by Nigerian author Uzodinma Iweala, bringing to life the gripping tale of Agu, a child soldier torn from his family to fight in the civil war of an African country. Newcomer Abraham Attah gives a stunning portrayal of Agu, while Elba dominates the screen in the role of Commandant, a warlord who takes in Agu and instructs him in the ...
Beasts of No Nation: Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. With Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor, Andrew Adote. A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.
3 days ago · Beasts of No Nation is 23848 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 27013 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than The White Helmets but less popular than The Man from Elysian Fields. 23844.
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