Blood Diamond

1 conversation · 1.4h

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2006 · Drama, Thriller, Action · 2h 23m

Budget $100M · Box office $172M

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

Director Edward Zwick

Writers Charles Leavitt , C. Gaby Mitchell

Cinematography Eduardo Serra