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BOY SOLDIER (THE BRIDGE TO GOMBU TOWN)
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Development - ENGLISH - Drama

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2010 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2010

Director(s) : Oliver HIRSCHBIEGEL
Writer(s) : Guy HIBBERT

Synopsis

A happy, football-loving schoolboy, Sayoh, is picked up by rebel forces, under the auspices of the notorious RUF, from his humble civilised village and forced to commit atrocities; turning him into a hardened, dead-behind-the-eyes child soldier. But a long and troubled companionship with his former schoolteacher, Sullay – who Sayoh is forced to maim, cutting off both his hands – brings him back from the brink.

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY


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