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I watched Beasts of No Nation last night.
It's horrific. Very well made, and it unfolds from a child's perspective in a very convincing way, but then when that child is a child soldier it's never going to be very nice.
Sparked off a big discussion about whether the lack of rooting it in a real life time or place perpetuated this idea that it is "what 'Africa' is like" which I won't go into unless anyone else has seen it.