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.

Aliases (1)

Beasts of No Nation (novel) ×1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → Ghanaian film → film → war drama film →
awardReceived	Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress →
awardReceivedBy	Abraham Attah →
basedOn	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 →
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 →
worldPremiereDate	2015-09-03 →
worldPremiereEvent	72nd Venice International Film Festival →
writer	Cary Joji Fukunaga →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Beasts of No Nation ("Beasts of No Nation (novel)") →	basedOn
Idris Elba →	notableWork
Beasts of No Nation →	title