Drama ·War · Brazil · 2015 · 2h 17m

Beasts of No Nation

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Director
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cast
Abraham Attah as Agu Idris Elba as Commandant Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye as Strika Opeyemi Fagbohungbe as Sergeant Gaz Emmanuel Affadzi as Dike Richard Pepple as Father Friday
Crew
Cary Joji Fukunaga — Director of Photography Mikkel E.G. Nielsen — Editor Pete Beaudreau — Editor Dan Romer — Original Music Composer Cary Joji Fukunaga — Screenplay Uzodinma Iweala — Novel
Tagline

Child. Captive. Killer.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Beasts of No Nation — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
guerrilla warfarecivil warbased on novel or bookafricarefugeemachetedrug usejunglechild soldierwest africachildren in wartimebrutal violence
Key Collaborators
Cary Joji Fukunaga Director Cary Joji Fukunaga Director of Photography Mikkel E.G. Nielsen Editor Pete Beaudreau Editor Dan Romer Original Music Composer Cary Joji Fukunaga Screenplay Uzodinma Iweala Novel Riva Marker Producer Daniela Taplin Lundberg Producer Idris Elba Producer Daniel Crown Producer Cary Joji Fukunaga Producer
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