Idris Elba to star in 'Beasts of No Nation'

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Press Trust of India London
Last Updated : Aug 22 2013 | 8:30 AM IST
Actor Idris Elba is all set to play the lead in "Beasts of No Nation", a big-screen adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala's bestselling novel.
The 40-year-old actor will play a military commander in the film directed by Cary Fukunaga, reported Telegraph online.
The film chronicles the journey of Agu, a young boy who, caught in the middle of civil war in his West African country, is forced to join a unit of mercenary fighters.
Haunted by the murder of his father, Agu befriends a mute boy named Strika and together they face the traumas of war: rape, death, looting and starvation.
Elba will also act as a producer on the film.
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First Published: Aug 22 2013 | 8:30 AM IST

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