Beasts of No Nation Quote
Commandant: What is this thing doing in here?... Who is responsible for bringing this thing? Strika, is it you that is bringing this thing?... Strika, untie him. So all of you grown men, it is Strika, the small boy, that is finding this prisoner. Where is 2 I-C? [Soldiers scream 2IC]
2nd I-C: Commandant, Sir!
Commandant: 2 I-C, What are we to be doing with this thing?
2nd I-C: This thing? It is just a boy
Commandant: A boy? A boy is nothing. A Boy is harmless? [Young soldiers -Harmless no, Sir!]
Commandant: Does a boy have two eyes to see? [Young soldiers -Two eyes, Sir!]
Commandant: A boy has hands to strangle and fingers to pull fingers. Why you saying a boy is nothing? huh? A boy is very, very dangerous. You understand me? Very dangerous, you understand?
2nd I-C: Yes, Sir.
Commandant: Strika, are you hungry? Are you wanting to be eating this thing? [Strika shakes head]
Commandant: Let me see your hands... Oh, you have hands like a baby. What are you doing here?... You should be telling me. If you are telling me, I will be helping you. You see, Strika is hungry. He will eat you. Huh? What are you doing here?
Agu: The Government army killed my father... And my big brother and my father told me to run into the bush.
Commandant: Everybody here is calling me Commandant. [Young soldiers -how is the Commandant look?]
Commandant: [all Right, Sir!]Now, what are they calling you?
Agu: [softly]Agu
Commandant: Oh, you must say like you are prouder!
Agu: Agu
Commandant: Uh-huh. Well, Agu that is what I be calling you then, eh? Leave this one under my charge. I will be training him to be a Warrior. So you can be fighting the army that is killing your father. Is that what you want ? [Agu shakes head confirm
2nd I-C: Commandant, Sir!
Commandant: 2 I-C, What are we to be doing with this thing?
2nd I-C: This thing? It is just a boy
Commandant: A boy? A boy is nothing. A Boy is harmless? [Young soldiers -Harmless no, Sir!]
Commandant: Does a boy have two eyes to see? [Young soldiers -Two eyes, Sir!]
Commandant: A boy has hands to strangle and fingers to pull fingers. Why you saying a boy is nothing? huh? A boy is very, very dangerous. You understand me? Very dangerous, you understand?
2nd I-C: Yes, Sir.
Commandant: Strika, are you hungry? Are you wanting to be eating this thing? [Strika shakes head]
Commandant: Let me see your hands... Oh, you have hands like a baby. What are you doing here?... You should be telling me. If you are telling me, I will be helping you. You see, Strika is hungry. He will eat you. Huh? What are you doing here?
Agu: The Government army killed my father... And my big brother and my father told me to run into the bush.
Commandant: Everybody here is calling me Commandant. [Young soldiers -how is the Commandant look?]
Commandant: [all Right, Sir!]Now, what are they calling you?
Agu: [softly]Agu
Commandant: Oh, you must say like you are prouder!
Agu: Agu
Commandant: Uh-huh. Well, Agu that is what I be calling you then, eh? Leave this one under my charge. I will be training him to be a Warrior. So you can be fighting the army that is killing your father. Is that what you want ? [Agu shakes head confirm
Movie: Beasts of No Nation
