BEASTS OF NO NATION (CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 2015
• Genre: Drama, War
• Plot: 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 (Abraham Attah, in a haunting debut performance) witnesses carnage in his village before falling captive to a band of rebel soldiers led by a ruthless commander (an explosive Idris Elba), who molds the boy into a hardened killer. Fukunaga's relentlessly roving camera work and stunning visuals—realism so intensely visceral it borders on the surreal—immerse the viewer in a world of unimaginable horror without ever losing sight of the powerful human story at its center.
• Cast: Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor, Andrew Adote, Vera Nyarkoah Antwi, Ama K. Abebrese, Kobina Amissah-Sam, Francis Weddey, Fred Nii Amugi, John Arthur, Grace Nortey, Emmary Brown, Nataliah Andoh, Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Nana Mensah, Ernest Abbeyquaye, David Dontoh, Kwame Gadago, Emmanuel Ato Ghartey, Brian Angels, Albert Jackson O'Davis, Andrew Edwards, Opeyemi Fagbohungbe, Cephus Asiedu, Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye, Bernard Quaye, Felix Oppong Kyekyeku, Ebenezer Annanfo, Zabon Gibson, Randy Aflakpui, Justice Promise Azudey, Christopher Minnie, Eric Cole, James Pachebo, Richard Lamptey, Annointed Wesseh, Idris Elba, Kurt Egyiawan, Abdul Mumin Mutawaki, Mayty Barry, Dagbeh Tweh, Joe B. Youlo, Teibu Owusu Achcampong, Alyscioys Johnson, Tamba Foday, Collins Carr, Moses N. Brimaganda, Ishak Al-Muminin, Arnold Bowman, Kwaku Ankomah, Vivan Boateng, Mirabel Norbert, Jose De Bois, Akuoko Albert, Prince Kotay, Brimah Watara, Jude Akuwudike, Sarfurat Jararu, Pamela Kari Kari, Chimi Tako, Lisa Awuku, Churly Gee, Gifty Mawena Sossavi, Richard Pepple, Jamie Shindler, Cary Fukunaga, Uzodinma Iweala
• Director: Cary Fukunaga
• Runtime: 2:16
• Company: Red Crown Productions, Participant, Come What May Productions, Levantine Films, New Balloon, Oak Street Films, Wonder Street, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie