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GENRE

rama | Thriller
Awards:Won Oscar. Another 34 wins & 21
nominations
In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young
semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda
to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon
meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who
promises a golden age for the African nation.
Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid
Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior
position in the national health department and
becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as
the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice
Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows
beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a
murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into
bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the
lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home,
Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that
could mean his death if the despot finds out.