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Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

It will cost you everything.

20067.62h 23m

Overview

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

Directed by Edward Zwick
Written by C. Gaby Mitchell, Charles Leavitt
Produced by Edward Zwick, Genevieve Hofmeyr, Darrell James Roodt
Box OfficeBudget: $100.0MRevenue: $171.7M

Top Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Danny Archer

Djimon Hounsou

Djimon Hounsou

Solomon Vandy

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly

Maddy Bowen

Kagiso Kuypers

Kagiso Kuypers

Dia Vandy

Arnold Vosloo

Arnold Vosloo

Colonel Coetzee

Antony Coleman

Antony Coleman

Cordell Brown

Benu Mabhena

Benu Mabhena

Jassie Vandy

Anointing Lukola

Anointing Lukola

N'Yanda Vandy

David Harewood

David Harewood

Captain Poison

Basil Wallace

Basil Wallace

Benjamin Kapanay

Themes & Keywords

bootleggerjournalistsmuggling (contraband)loss of loved oneafricarwandan genociderebeljournalismslaveryfishermanmercenarydiamond minesierra leonespecial unitoppressionmacabre1990sprivate military companyinspirationalsinisterset in africa

About Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond is a drama, thriller, action film released in 2006 exploring themes of bootlegger, journalist, smuggling (contraband), loss of loved one, africa, rwandan genocide. Directed by Edward Zwick, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly. An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

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