
Film
Beasts of No Nation
2015 · 2h 17m · Drama · War
Child. Captive. Killer.
- IMDb
- 7.7
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 91%
- Metacritic
- 79
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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.
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Cast

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
Ernest Abbeyquaye
Paramount Chief

Nana Mensah
Young Girl
Andrew Adote
Ecomod 2nd Lieutenant
Francis Weddey
Big Brother
Crew
- Cary Joji FukunagaDirector · Screenplay · Director of Photography · Producer
- Uzodinma IwealaNovel · Executive Producer
- Riva MarkerProducer
- Daniela Taplin LundbergProducer
- Idris ElbaProducer
- Daniel CrownProducer
- Amy KaufmanProducer
- Bill BenensonExecutive Producer
- Nnamdi AsomughaExecutive Producer
- Todd CourtneyExecutive Producer
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 11, 2015
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Revenue
- $9,077,700
- Genres
- Drama, War
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