Movie |
Africa | Based On Novel Or Book
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in a fictional West African country. While Agu 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 Depicts the mechanics of war and does not shy away from explicit, visceral detail, and paints a complex, difficult picture of Agu as a child soldier.
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A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in a fictional West African country. While Agu 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 Depicts the mechanics of war and does not shy away from explicit, visceral detail, and paints a complex, difficult picture of Agu as a child soldier.
7.7/10
IMDbExcellence in Contemporary Film | 2016 | Jenny
Best Actor | 2016 | Idris
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture | 2016
Best Supporting Actor | 2016 | Idris
Winner | 2016
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year | 2016 | Cary
Most Valuable Film of the Year | 2016 | Cary
Honorable Mentions | 2015
2015 | Abraham
2015 | Cary
2015 | Idris
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 2015 | Abraham
Best Director | 2015 | Cary
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 2015 | Idris
Best Picture | 2015
Best Production Design | 2015
Best Cinematography | 2015 | Cary
Best Sound Editing Mixing | 2015 | Geoffrey
Best Original Score Feature Film | 2015 | Dan
Breakthrough Performance | 2015 | Abraham
2015 | Cary
Best Young Actor or Actress | 2015 | Abraham
Best Supporting Actor | 2015 | Idris
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | 2016 | Idris
Outstanding Supporting Actor Motion Picture | 2016 | Idris
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance Male | 2016 | Abraham
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 2016 | Idris
Best Supporting Actor | 2016 | Idris
2015 | Cary
Best Supporting Actor | 2016 | Idris
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | 2016 | Idris
Best Picture | 2016
2016 | Cary
Outstanding Actor Motion Picture | 2016 | Abraham
Outstanding Score | 2016 | Dan
Outstanding Motion Picture | 2016 | Idris
Best Supporting Actor | 2016 | Idris
Best Young ActorActress | 2016 | Abraham
Best Male Newcomer | 2016 | Abraham
Best Feature | 2016 | Riva
Best Cinematography | 2016 | Cary
Best Director | 2016 | Cary
2016 | Abraham
Supporting Actor | 2016 | Idris
Outstanding Motion Picture | 2016
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | 2016 | Abraham
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | 2016 | Idris
Best Supporting Actor | 2016 | Idris
Best Youth Performance | 2016 | Abraham
Best Breakthrough Performance Male | 2016 | Abraham
Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actor | 2016 | Abraham
Best Picture | 2015
Best Supporting Actor | 2015 | Idris
2015 | Abraham
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 2015 | Idris
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 2015 | Abraham
Best Picture | 2015
Best Supporting Actor | 2015 | Idris
Best Costume Wardrobe | 2015
Best Music Original Score | 2015 | Dan
Best Editing | 2015 | Mikkel E.G.
Best Visual Effects | 2015 | Kevin
Best Adapted or Original Screenplay | 2015 | Cary
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 2015 | Emmanuel
Best Supporting Actor | 2015 | Idris
Best Supporting Actor | 2015 | Idris
Best Picture | 2015
Official Competition | 2015 | Cary
Breakthrough Artist | 2015 | Abraham
Best Actor | 2015 | Abraham
Best Supporting Actor | 2015 | Idris
Best Cinematography | 2015 | Cary
2015 | Cary
Best Youth Performance | 2015 | Abraham
Best Actor | 2015 | Abraham
Peace | 2012
Budget 6,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 9,077,700 USD
Cary Joji Fukunaga cast real former child soldiers and members of the various factions from the Sierra Leone and Liberian Civil War such the Liberian Armed Forces, the LURD, and the CDF as extras and consultants but they ran into difficulty getting everyone onto the set in Ghana because they were held up in the Ivory Coast as suspected mercenaries.
Annointed Wesseh, who played the naked soldier Tripod, was a member of the Liberian Armed Forces during the Liberian Civil War. He insisted on going naked during the scene.
Shot over 35 days in Ghana.
The worldwide distribution rights were bought by Netflix for around $12 million; it was released simultaneously in theaters and online through its subscription video on demand service. Considering it a violation of the traditional 90-day window of exclusivity to theaters, AMC Cinemas, Carmike Cinemas, Cinemark and Regal Entertainment-four of the largest theatre chains in the United States, announced that they would boycott the film, effectively downgrading it to a limited release to smaller and independent theaters.
Netflix's first original film.
"Agu: I saw terrible things... and I did terrible things. So if I'm talking to you, it will make me sad and it will make you too sad. In this life... I just want to be happy in this life. If I'm telling this to you... you will think that... I am some sort of beast... or devil. I am all of these things... but I also having mother... father... brother and sister once. They loved me."
"Agu: Bullet is just eating everything, leaves, trees, ground, person. Eating them. Just making person to bleed everywhere. We are just like wild animals now, with no place to be going. Sun, why are you shining at this world? I am wanting to catch you in my hands, to squeeze you until you can not shine no more. That way, everything is always dark and nobody's ever having to see all the terrible things that are happening here."