Beasts of No Nation (2015)

09/11/2015 (BR) • 2h 17m

Drama, War

Child. Captive. Killer.

Overview

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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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$6,000,000.00

Revenue

$9,077,700.00

Keywords

guerrilla warfare

civil war

based on novel or book

africa

refugee

machete

drug use

jungle

child soldier

west africa

children in wartime

brutal violence

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