DIRECTED:EDWARD ZWICK
Produced by: LenAmato, Benjamin Waisbren, Kevin De La Noy
CAST:Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Arnold Vosloo, Michael Sheen
Sometimes we do get lucky in life, if not in life then def in films. Coz once in a while there comes a film like 'blood diamond' which shakes you wakes you up, because the story has managed to touch you in various ways, through the character of the father desperate to get back his son, through the character of son who is being taken away by the rebels and has forgotten his way home, through the character of Leo who is desperate to get that pink diamond which will make him super rich, and through the character of Jennifer Connely who being a reporter, who despite knowing the real intention of Leo, knowing the real Leo can't help falling in love with him.
The film hits not just on the level of characters, but also on the bigger picture. The mans quest for money and the more flamboyant things in life [like diamond], at the cost of his life and above all at the cost of other peoples lives and values.
Caprio's, performance is immpecable. His undaunting nature and the layering in his character, which initially looked simple turns out to be more complex. Playing as an ex mercenary and diamond smuggler, heis unmatched. His savory, English-flecked patois in which he converses with the thugs is delightful, and there’s a ready humor in his open enjoyment of deceit, bribery, and dirty deals.
Hounson, as a fisherman separated from his family and enslaved by rebel forces terrorizing his village is forced to work in the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, where he comes across a large pink diamond. Caprio comes to know about the diamond and he wants it at any cost. Houson is ready to give it to him, but on one condition if Caprio helps him get his family back.
Caprio agrees.
Along the way the horrors of the chaotic and brutal civil war are revealed. Soldiers recruit children to perform hideously violent acts and drug them to keep them mollified. The film posits the idea that whenever a valuable natural resource has been discovered in an African nation (such as oil, gold, ivory or diamonds) the country itself rarely profits. The standard of living of its citizens is rarely improved. Instead, strife reigns and the spoils go to corrupt, affluent businesspeople in Europe or the USA.
Jennifer Connelly, is an American journalist looking to write a story exposing the diamond smuggling industry. She tries to seduce Caprio at the same time put him off just to get her story.
But ultimately she falls in love with him.
This socio political and action film manages to send a dent in the audiences heart through it breath taking locales, through children being made a part of the violence and the drug crime, and through the brilliantly performances from all the quarters.
A MUST WATCH FOR THE DIAMOND LOVERS!!
Produced by: LenAmato, Benjamin Waisbren, Kevin De La Noy
CAST:Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Arnold Vosloo, Michael Sheen
Sometimes we do get lucky in life, if not in life then def in films. Coz once in a while there comes a film like 'blood diamond' which shakes you wakes you up, because the story has managed to touch you in various ways, through the character of the father desperate to get back his son, through the character of son who is being taken away by the rebels and has forgotten his way home, through the character of Leo who is desperate to get that pink diamond which will make him super rich, and through the character of Jennifer Connely who being a reporter, who despite knowing the real intention of Leo, knowing the real Leo can't help falling in love with him.
The film hits not just on the level of characters, but also on the bigger picture. The mans quest for money and the more flamboyant things in life [like diamond], at the cost of his life and above all at the cost of other peoples lives and values.
Caprio's, performance is immpecable. His undaunting nature and the layering in his character, which initially looked simple turns out to be more complex. Playing as an ex mercenary and diamond smuggler, heis unmatched. His savory, English-flecked patois in which he converses with the thugs is delightful, and there’s a ready humor in his open enjoyment of deceit, bribery, and dirty deals.
Hounson, as a fisherman separated from his family and enslaved by rebel forces terrorizing his village is forced to work in the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, where he comes across a large pink diamond. Caprio comes to know about the diamond and he wants it at any cost. Houson is ready to give it to him, but on one condition if Caprio helps him get his family back.
Caprio agrees.
Along the way the horrors of the chaotic and brutal civil war are revealed. Soldiers recruit children to perform hideously violent acts and drug them to keep them mollified. The film posits the idea that whenever a valuable natural resource has been discovered in an African nation (such as oil, gold, ivory or diamonds) the country itself rarely profits. The standard of living of its citizens is rarely improved. Instead, strife reigns and the spoils go to corrupt, affluent businesspeople in Europe or the USA.
Jennifer Connelly, is an American journalist looking to write a story exposing the diamond smuggling industry. She tries to seduce Caprio at the same time put him off just to get her story.
But ultimately she falls in love with him.
This socio political and action film manages to send a dent in the audiences heart through it breath taking locales, through children being made a part of the violence and the drug crime, and through the brilliantly performances from all the quarters.
A MUST WATCH FOR THE DIAMOND LOVERS!!
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