Beasts of No Nation

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American film Ghanaian film film war drama film

Beasts of No Nation is a 2015 war drama film about a child soldier in an unnamed African country, acclaimed for its harrowing portrayal of conflict and Idris Elba’s powerful performance.

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Beasts of No Nation canonical 25
Beasts of No Nation (novel) 2
Beasts of No Nation (2015 film adaptation) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
Ghanaian film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war drama film ⓘ
awardReceived Marcello Mastroianni Award ⓘ
surface form: Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress
awardReceivedBy Abraham Attah ⓘ
basedOn Beasts of No Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Beasts of No Nation (novel)
basedOnAuthor Uzodinma Iweala ⓘ
castMember Abraham Attah ⓘ
Ama K. Abebrese ⓘ
Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye ⓘ
Idris Elba ⓘ
Jude Akuwudike ⓘ
Kurt Egyiawan ⓘ
cinematographyBy Cary Joji Fukunaga ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ghana ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
digitalReleaseDate 2015-10-16 ⓘ
digitalReleasePlatform Netflix ⓘ
director Cary Joji Fukunaga ⓘ
distributor Netflix ⓘ
editedBy Mikkel E. G. Nielsen ⓘ
festivalSection main competition at Venice ⓘ
filmingLocation Ghana ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Abraham Attah ⓘ
Idris Elba ⓘ
mainCharacter Agu ⓘ
MPAARating TV-MA ⓘ
musicBy Dan Romer ⓘ
nominatedFor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture ⓘ
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ
nominee Idris Elba ⓘ
notableFor Idris Elba’s performance ⓘ
harrowing portrayal of conflict ⓘ
portrays child soldiers ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
producer Amy Kaufman ⓘ
Cary Joji Fukunaga ⓘ
Daniel Crown ⓘ
Idris Elba ⓘ
productionCompany Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures ⓘ
Participant Media ⓘ
Red Crown Productions ⓘ
protagonistType child soldier ⓘ
releaseYear 2015 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 137 ⓘ
screenedAt Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ
screenplayBy Cary Joji Fukunaga ⓘ
setting unnamed African country ⓘ
theatricalReleaseDateUnitedStates 2015-10-16 ⓘ
theme brutality of war ⓘ
loss of innocence ⓘ
militarization of children ⓘ
title Beasts of No Nation self-link ⓘ
worldPremiereDate 2015-09-03 ⓘ
worldPremiereEvent Venice Film Festival ⓘ
surface form: 72nd Venice International Film Festival
writer Cary Joji Fukunaga ⓘ

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Idris Elba → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Beasts of No Nation → title → Beasts of No Nation self-link ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Beasts of No Nation (novel)
Cary Joji Fukunaga → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Cary Joji Fukunaga → directed → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Cary Joji Fukunaga → wroteScreenplayFor → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Uzodinma Iweala → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Amy Kaufman → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Daniel Crown → knownFor → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Daniel Crown → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen → edited → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Dan Romer → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Abraham Attah → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
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Abraham Attah → filmDebut → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Ama K. Abebrese → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Ama K. Abebrese → actedIn → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Jude Akuwudike → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Jude Akuwudike → hasPartIn → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Red Crown Productions → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Kurt Egyiawan → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
Agu → fictionalUniverse → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Beasts of No Nation (novel)
Agu → appearsIn → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beasts of No Nation (film)
Agu → portrayalIn → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beasts of No Nation (2015 film adaptation)
Brad Simpson → notableWork → Beasts of No Nation ⓘ
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