Beasts of No Nation Page #5

Synopsis: Follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in a fictional 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.
Genre: Drama, War
Director(s): Cary Joji Fukunaga
Production: Netflix
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 33 wins & 53 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
NOT RATED
Year:
2015
137 min
$83,861
Website
2,254 Views


Yes, sir.

- Yes, sir.

- Earn it. Over and out.

Over and out.

Agu, you fought well today.

- Agu, you fought well today.

- Thank you, sir.

A-ha! What is this?

Ah!

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

Agu, you are wanting to

be knowing how to be leading?

I am happy to be following you, sir.

- I am happy to be following you, sir.

- That is good,

because there is no learning

how to be leading.

Some people are born to be leaders,

others are born to be followers,

and others are just waiting to be dying.

I'm a good follower, sir.

- I'm a good follower, sir.

- Agu, you are different.

You are reminding me of

when I was a small boy.

That is how I know

you are going to be a leader.

You see, even the best leader

sometimes he must be knowing

how to be a follower.

Ah, even me.

I am following the Supreme Commandant,

even if I am not agreeing.

Huh?

Yes, sir.

I'm a good follower.

You are seeing this place?

The Commandant is saying

we must take this.

That it is important.

So, hmm, if it is important to him,

it is important to me.

Yes, sir.

Because if we get that,

then we can go to Taro.

That is where your mother is, eh?

- That is where your mother is, eh?

- She is in the capital.

Come, Agu.

After we've been greeted

by Dada Goodblood,

we'll be taking the capital certainly.

Come.

This one has special juju.

Thank you, sir.

You see, I've been wanting to help you

more than the others, Agu,

but you cannot be telling the others

how I'm helping you like this.

It'll have to be our secret.

You are knowing how to keep secret?

- You are knowing how to keep secret?

- Yes, sir.

Well, be saying it.

- Well, be saying it.

- I can be keeping this secret, sir.

I'm not punishing you, Agu.

Mmm?

But I do care for you.

Aye.

Agu, kneel down.

Be doing this thing... for me.

They are jumping like rabbits.

Move, move to your left.

- Go, go. Keep going.

- Go. Keep going.

- Keep going.

- Move, move.

To your left side.

Agu.

Agu?

I don't want that I call you

and you just stand there. Agu?

Come here,

I'll give you some brown-brown.

It'll cure everything for you, eh.

Hey, I didn't call you to stand there.

Hmm?

My boy, what is wrong with you?

What is wrong with you?

Come here,

I'll give you some morale booster.

I think I'll give you

that brown-brown, so...

Morale booster, you know.

Come, come. Here.

Yeah, that my boy.

Yeah. Morale booster, eh?

Make you strong.

More protection.

Nobody is your friend

where we are going.

They are the enemy.

They are the farmers

that have fed the enemy.

- The farmers' wives whose breasts...

- Agu. Agu.

...have been feeding babies.

Agu.

That is the nature

of the land that we are going.

The collaborators and the traitors.

Our people's blood

has been flowing for years.

That's why it is time

for their blood to flow.

We will spare nobody.

We'll spare nobody,

because they are all enemy,

all of them!

Let us pray.

God, let us pray.

He is guiding us with

what we are about to be doing.

He is helping us.

Let us fulfill your justice.

Give us the strength!

God, we will be sacrificing our blood!

That is why we must spare nobody!

We will spare nobody!

Nothing will hurt us.

Because we are invincible.

We are invincible!

NDF! NDF!

- Who are we?

- NDF, sir!

- Who are we?

- NDF, sir!

Who are we?

- Who are we?

- NDF, sir!

NDF, spare nobody!

Kill them all!

Kill them all!

Come on, move, NDF!

Move, move! Move!

How the Commandant look?

- How the Commandant look?

- All right, sir!

I say, how the Commandant look?

- I say, how the Commandant look?

- All right, sir!

- How the Commandant look?

- All right, sir!

I say, how the Commandant look?

- I say, how the Commandant look?

- All right, sir!

NDF! NDF!

NDF! NDF!

- Who are we?

- NDF, sir!

- Who are we?

- NDF, sir!

- Who are we?

- NDF, sir!

- Who are we?

- NDF, sir!

Agu!

Shoot them! Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!

Commandant! Sir!

Leave this one under my charge.

I will be training him to be a warrior.

- Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir!

- Again!

- Yes, sir!

- Again!

Yes, sir! Yes, sir!

- Yes, sir! Yes, sir!

- Again!

- Again!

- Yes, sir!

- Again!

- Yes, sir!

- Again!

- Yes, sir!

- Again!

- Yes, sir!

Again!

- Again!

- Yes, sir!

Move, move!

Move, move, move! Move!

F***!

F*** you! F***er! F***er!

F*** you! F***er! F***er!

F***, f***, f***!

F***, f***, f***!

Out, out. Over here.

F***ing out! F***ing out! Out!

F***ing out! Out! Get up!

Get up, f***! Get up! Up!

Ma... Ma!

I'm not your mother!

I'm not your mother!

I found you!

What the f*** going on here?

You know her?

I was looking for you!

Where do you

know this woman from? You know her?

I was looking for you!

I wanna rape her.

I wanna rape her!

You're not my mother!

Witch woman!

You're not my mother! You fooled me!

Witch woman!

God...

are you watching what we are doing?

Oh! Why? Sh*t!

What the f*** is that?

You didn't f***ing boy, eh?

You didn't f***ing, boy.

You here for die, motherf***er.

F*** him up, eh?

F*** you up. F*** you up.

Commandant, sir.

This is for you, sir.

From the Supreme Commander.

What does it say?

Now it is your turn to eat.

Load the vehicles.

He is summoning us.

Did he state a reason?

Isn't it clear?

Are we going to Taro?

Are we going to Taro?

This guy!

You can't see my ears?

What is happening to this one?

A piece of RPG

is hitting his temple.

I beg you, please, don't shoot me!

Please!

Hey, keep your eyes down!

- Hey, keep your eyes down!

- Oi! Oi! Oi!

What do we do

with the civilians?

Leave one of them alive.

Send him up north to the next village

and then the next village after that.

Tell them that we are coming.

It's only the beginning.

Get on board, everybody.

- Tripod!

- Yes, sir.

Take note and act accordingly.

Strika and Agu are now part of my squad.

Mountain View. Iron Jacket. Over.

Get in there now! Move!

We are proceeding to Taro

with arms. Over!

Get in!

- Get in!

- Okay. Roger.

Echo, tango, alpha, 1800 hours.

Tripod!

- Tripod!

- Yes, sir!

Guns up!

Halt! Halt!

- Enemy or friend?

- Friend!

- Who are you?

- NDF!

Who is your commander?

I am.

What kind of welcome is this?

Sorry, sir. You, get in that car.

Take them to HQ.

Clear the way!

Clear the f***in' way!

Right this way.

Right this way.

F*** you!

Victory! Victory! Victory!

Commandant, welcome.

- Commandant, welcome.

- Hello, Deputy.

Follow us.

Weapons are not allowed in here.

So you place them here.

Leave your weapons, boys.

Soldiers.

You wait here.

Here. Have a seat.

And you will bring us water?

Certainly.

Goodblood will see you now.

Him.

Have a seat here.

Goodblood says

this is a token of appreciation...

Yo! What are you doing?

I'm sorry. The Supreme Commander

is so very upset to keep you waiting.

Please, will you follow me?

Please sit.

What is this?

- What is this?

- He'll be with you shortly.

Huh? Where is the water?

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