Blood Diamond is a 2006 American political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly.
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Blood Diamond overview
The story takes place in 1999 Sierra Leone, when the country is embroiled in a civil war. In this struggle, it's hard to determine which side is worse: the government or the rebels. As is often the case in this sort of bloodbath, atrocities abound and it's the innocent farmers and villagers caught in between who pay the price. Diamonds, one of the country's largest exportable commodities, are being smuggled out and purchased on the open market despite a supposed international ban on the purchase of so-called "conflict diamonds" or "blood diamonds." This historical background (which is more complicated as presented in the movie) is accurate, although the three primary characters embroiled in events are fictional.
Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) is a loving husband and father who lives a
peaceful existence on a farm in an out-of-the-way community in Sierra
Leone. He sends his young son, Dia (Caruso Kuypers), to a school to
learn English so the boy will grow up to have a better life. One day,
terror comes to Solomon's village when the rebels arrive and kill or
capture nearly everyone living there. Solomon's family is ripped from
him and he is sent to work harvesting diamonds. While sifting through
sand from a shallow river bottom, he discovers a 100-karat pink diamond,
which he initially hides then later buries. Shortly thereafter, he is
captured during a government raid and sent to jail. While there, he
encounters South African "soldier of fortune" Danny Archer (Leonardo
DiCaprio), who makes a deal with Solomon: for the diamond, he will help
the man find his wife and children. To achieve this aim, Archer goes
for help to American journalist Maddy Brown (Jennifer Connelly), whose
price for aid is a tell-all expose from Archer about how "dirty"
diamonds are laundered to appear clean to the world market, and how much
culpability the London diamond merchants have.
Blood diamond cast
Leonardo DiCaprio
Djimon Hounsou
Jennifer Connelly
Kagiso Kuypers
Arnold Vosloo
Antony Coleman
Benu Mabhena
Anointing Lukola
David Harewood
Basil Wallace
Djimon Hounsou
Jennifer Connelly
Kagiso Kuypers
Arnold Vosloo
Antony Coleman
Benu Mabhena
Anointing Lukola
David Harewood
Basil Wallace
Blood diamond review
Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a hired gun who specializes in the sale of so-called "blood diamonds" that are used to finance rebellions and terrorist organizations, and is currently serving time for smuggling. As a bloody civil war rages in Sierra Leone and Archer learns that Vandy has safely hidden the diamond in a place where no one would ever suspect, the pair enlist the aid of disillusioned American journalist Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly) in recovering the treasure that has the power to save Vandy's family and provide the desperate Archer with a much-needed chance for redemption.
Blood Diamond is a 2006 American political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou.[3] The title refers to blood diamonds, which are diamonds mined in African war zones and sold to finance conflicts, and thereby profit warlords and diamond companies across the world.
Set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1996–2001, the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel forces.[4] It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war, including the rebels' amputation of people's hands to discourage them from voting in upcoming elections.
The film's ending, in which a conference is held concerning blood diamonds, is in reference to an actual meeting that took place in Kimberley, South Africa in 2000 and led to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which seeks to certify the origin of rough diamonds in order to curb the trade in conflict diamonds. The film received mixed but generally favorable reviews.
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