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Beasts of No Nation is a 2015 African war drama film written, co-produced, shot, and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. It follows a young boy who becomes a child soldier as his country experiences a horrific civil war.
- $90,777
- Dan Romer
- $6 million
Oct 16, 2015 · A film based on a novel by Uzodinma Iweala, starring Idris Elba as a ruthless commander of a rebel group in an unnamed African country. Follow the journey of Agu, a young boy who joins the soldiers and witnesses horrific violence and atrocities.
- (85K)
- Drama, War
- Cary Joji Fukunaga
- 2015-10-16
Watch Beasts of No Nation | Netflix Official Site. When civil war tears his family apart, a young West African boy is forced to join a unit of mercenary fighters and transform into a child soldier. Watch trailers & learn more.
- 137 min
Oct 16, 2015 · A war drama film directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Idris Elba and Abraham Attah. It follows a young orphan who joins a rebel group in an unnamed African country and experiences the horrors of war.
- (561)
- War, Drama
- Cary Joji Fukunaga
Oct 16, 2015 · A film about a child soldier in a nonexistent African country, based on a novel by Uzodinma Iweala. The filmmaking craft is vivid and the emotional power is undeniable, but the film also feels dubious in certain ways, and troubling for the wrong reasons. Read the review by Roger Ebert, who praises the film's imagery, performance and themes, but criticizes its sensationalism and logic.
Beasts of No Nation is a 2005 novel by the Nigerian-American author Uzodinma Iweala, that takes its title from Fela Kuti's 1989 album of the same name. The book won the 2005 Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. It was adapted as a movie in 2015.
