Film

Beasts of No Nation

2015 · 2h 17m · Drama · War

Child. Captive. Killer.

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Metacritic

79

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.

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

• 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

Official TrailerTeaser Trailer

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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