Beasts of No Nation Newcomer Abraham Attah Wins Venice Film Award For Best Young ActorPosted by Wilson Morales
September 13, 2015
Source: EW
Last night at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, among the winners for various awards was Beasts of No Nation Newcomer Abraham Attah, who was awarded the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor for his performance as Agu, a young orphan who gets drafted into the child army of a ruthless warlord (Idris Elba).
This is the first major for the young Ghanaian actor, who makes his film debut here.
Netflix and Bleecker Street will release the film on Friday, October 16, the same day in 19 Landmark theatres in the U.S. and worldwide on Netflix in all territories where the network is available.
Landmark theatre markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego.
An adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala’s bestselling novel. The story follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who, when civil war engulfs his West African country is forced to join a unit of mercenary fighters. Not only must Agu face the death of his father and disappearance of his mother and sister, but must also join a life of violence and brutality. Agu befriends a mute boy named Strika and together they face the crimes and hardships of war. Elba plays the lead role of Commandant.
Elba also joins Red Crown Productions’ Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Riva Marker, Parliament Of Owls’ Cary Fukunaga and Primary Productions principal Amy Kaufman as producers on the film. Daniel Crown and Bill Benenson will serve as executive producers. Red Crown is funding the film.
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