Beasts of No Nation

Director

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Cast

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  Abraham Attah

  Agu

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  Idris Elba

  Commandant

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  Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye

  Strika

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  Opeyemi Fagbohungbe

  Sergeant Gaz

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  Emmanuel Affadzi

  Dike

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  Richard Pepple

  Father Friday

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  Ama K. Abebrese

  Mother

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  Kobina Amissah-Sam

  Father

Plot 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.