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Genres:
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Adventure /
Drama /
Thriller
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Director:
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Edward Zwick
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Actors:
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Michael Sheen,
Basil Wallace,
Kagiso Kuypers,
Antony Coleman,
Benu Mabhena,
Anointing Lukola,
David Harewood,
Ntare Mwine,
Leonardo DiCaprio,
Djimon Hounsou,
Jennifer Connelly,
Arnold Vosloo,
Jimi Mistry,
Marius Weyers,
Stephen Collins
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Duration:
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143 min.
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Rating:
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(8/10)139.5
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Plot Summary:
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In 1999, in Sierra Leone, the fisherman Solomon Vandy dreams on the day that his young son Dia Vandy will become a doctor. His dreams are shattered when the rebels invade his village and snatch him to get someone all steamed in the diamond mines. Solomon finds a tremendous pink diamond and while hiding it, the commandant of the rebels sees, but the rebels are attacked and Salomon is arrested nearby the government army. While in jug, the wounded commandant delineate the prisoners that Salomon start the stone, and the mercenary smuggler Danny Archer from Zimbabwe releases Salomon and proposes t... o reciprocate the diamond by his missing family. Using the idealistic American columnist Maddy Bowen, Danny locates the wife and daughters of Salomon in a refugee camp, but is up to date that his son has been recruited by the rebels. Salomon and Danny consolidate a partnership, with Salomon looking looking for and finding his son, and Danny looking for the purpose the diamond and finding redemption.
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