Beasts of No Nation (2015) - Idris Elba

Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Drama, War
Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in an unnamed 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. Written by Bennie Carden

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writers: Cary Joji Fukunaga (screenplay), Uzodinma Iweala (based on the novel by)
Stars: Idris Elba, Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor