Hard to watch, impossible to forget. That’s how the Rolling Stone summed up this grueling war story.
Beasts of No Nation is set in an unnamed African country where Agu, a 9-year-old boy, lives a joyful and carefree life. But everything changes when he sees his family slaughtered by army troops invading the village. Taken under the wing of a rebel war-lord, Agu is soon trained to be a dehumanized killing machine, but all the while, he dreams of avenging his family.
The character of Agu is brought to life by the l4-year-oldGhanaian actor Abraham Attah. His portrait of how wide-eyed naiveté turns into cold-blooded vengeance won him the Best Young Actor award at Venice Film Festival.
But Beasts of No Nation is not just Agu's story. It's also grounded in harsh reality. Loss of innocence is entirely real for hundreds of thousands of other children across the globe," says IGN.