Johnny Mad Dog (2008)

Directed by

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of child soldiers fight for rebel forces near the end of Liberia's civil war. The story follows their violent actions and a young girl trying to survive alongside them.

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What happens

Johnny Mad Dog is a 2008 Franco–Liberian war film directed and written by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire. Based on the 2002 novel Johnny chien méchant by Congolese author Emmanuel Dongala, the plot follows a group of child soldiers fighting for the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebels in 2003 near the collapse of Charles Taylor's government during the Second Liberian Civil War. The film stars Christopher Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy, Dagbeh Tweh, Barry Chernoh, Mohammed Sesay and Joseph Duo. It premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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