The Silent Army
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Still dealing with the death of his wife, Eduard is a chef from the Netherlands who has come to Africa to open a restaurant with his young son Thomas. Thomas soon strikes up a friendship with Abu, a boy whose father works alongside Eduard at the eatery and life still happy. However, in a neighbouring country, war has broken out and one of the leaders of the rebal faction is filling the ranks of his army with stolen children. One night, Abu along with a dozen other children from his village, is kidnapped by rebels. Thomas is inconsolable when he finds his best friend gone and urges his father to find him. Eduards about to discover the harsh reality of the suffering tortures Abu and the other children have been enduring as young foot-soldiers.Based on the true stories of children from War Child projects, The Silent Army stars both actors and real life child soldiers in the depiction of this outrageous human rights violation
Starring:
Marco Borsato,
Abby Mukiibi Akaaga,
Thelka Reuten,
Director:
Jean Van De Velde
Run Time:
90 min
Genre:
War, World Cinema
Languages:
English
Released:
2007
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Review of The Silent Army by Hugh on 26/03/12
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When the topic is as grave as child soldiers fighting to the death in Africa, it can turn away a lot of people who prefer to be as ignorant of the situation as possible. In many ways one cannot blame them as no one likes to watch the suffering of children and forced with the thought that this is everyday in warring countries, but then they miss out on thought provoking and intelligent films such as “The Silent Army”.
As the story concentrates on one boy in particular and the Dutch family on a mission to save/rescue him from forced enlistment into the army this highlight both the horror and evils of war and also the bravery and good from people put into an impossible situation.
