Blood Diamond (2006)

Directed by

Edward Zwick

Genre

drama film, action film, adventure film, war film, thriller film

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

2h 23m

Rated

R

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 8,397 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Sierra Leone Civil War, a fisherman, a mercenary, and a journalist cross paths over a rare pink diamond. The fisherman is forced to help the mercenary find the stone, while the journalist seeks to expose the brutal trade in conflict diamonds.

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What happens

Blood Diamond is a 2006 American war drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou. The title refers to blood diamonds, which are diamonds mined in war zones and sold to finance conflicts, thereby profiting warlords and diamond companies around the world. Set during the Sierra Leone Civil War, the film depicts a country torn apart by the struggle between government loyalists and insurgent forces. It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war, including the rebels' amputation of civilians' hands to discourage them from voting in upcoming elections. The film's ending, in which a conference is held concerning blood diamonds, refers to a historic meeting that took place in Kimberley, South Africa, in 2000. It led to development of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which sought to certify the origin of rough diamonds to curb the trade in conflict diamonds; the certification scheme has been mostly abandoned as ineffective. Blood Diamond was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 8, 2006. The film received positive reviews, with praise directed toward the performances of DiCaprio and Hounsou. The film grossed $171.7 million worldwide against a $100 million budget and received five Oscar nominations, including Best Actor for DiCaprio and Best Supporting Actor for Hounsou. DiCaprio received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (also nominated that year in the same category for The Departed). In addition, DiCaprio and Hounsou were nominated for Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role and Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role at the 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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