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In Sierra Leone 90s, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) finds himself caught the conflict between government forces and local rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). While his wife ends up in a refugee camp and his son is kidnapped by rebels and began the hard life of child soldiers, Solomon, a prisoner in a camp for illegal search of rough diamonds, he finds a precious stone with a pink of rare beauty. Liberated by soldiers of the regular army, the man meets Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a former mercenary from Zimbabwe and now diamond smuggler, who decides to help him find his loved ones as long as he reveals where he hid the large diamond found previously. With the help of Maddy (Jennifer Connelly), a journalist working on the front of the illicit of "conflict diamonds", a tragic adventure begins on the road towards the end of a story that could very well be drawn from a true story. Edward Zwick, fresh from the success of the mediocre "The Last Samurai", baste again work from the classic Hollywood system to the service, however, involved a complaint of the film, trying to open the eyes of the viewer on the shady dealings of diamonds for years has bloodied a part of Africa. Shot in the stomach with a mixture of raw sequences to swallow, the director puts in a screenplay filled by sliding a trickle of action scenes in which it moves easily the excellent actors mentioned above. 5 nominations Oscars (including one for Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor and Djimon Hounsou for best supporting actor) for a film that makes us aware of how much blood can be hidden behind the glitter of a diamond and that should make us reflect any whenever we stopped to breakfast at Tiffany's.
vote 7 and 1 / 2
Joseph "Joe" Castronuovo
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