DVD 121 min. IMDB 7.8

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Drama

Forest Whitaker	Idi Amin
James McAvoy	Nicholas Garrigan
Kerry Washington	Kay Amin
Gillian Anderson	Sarah Merrit
Simon McBurney	Nigel Stone
David Oyelowo	Dr. Junju
Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga	Masanga
Adam Kotz	Dr. Merrit
Barbara Rafferty	Mrs. Garrigan
David Ashton	Dr. Garrigan

Regisseur	Kevin Macdonald
Producent	Lisa Bryer; Andrea Calderwood
Schrijver	Jeremy Brock; Giles Foden

In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promise a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out.