The Last King of Scotland

(2006)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 2,445 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2006

Runtime: 123 мин

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Director: Кевин Макдональд

Cast: Форест Уитакер, Джеймс МакЭвой, Саймон Макберни, Джиллиан Андерсон, Керри Вашингтон, Дэвид Ойелоуо, Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga, Adam Kotz, Barbara Rafferty, David Ashton

Plot

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Scottish physician Nicholas Garrigan flies to Uganda to work at a missionary clinic. And before long, Garrigan has a chance encounter with General Idi Amin, the country's new president. As one thing leads to another, Idi Amin invites Nicholas to become his personal doctor, aiming to modernise Uganda's health care system. Indeed, this is a once-in-a-lifetime offer Garrigan cannot refuse. Instead, as Garrigan plays with fire, he soon finds himself trapped in the moral abyss of Idi Amin's murderous megalomania. Can Garrigan rise above the madness and live to tell the tale?