Key Details
Release StatusReleased
Release Date2006-09-27
Languageen
Runtime2h 3m
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue$48,600,000
Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cowboy Films, DNA Films, Scottish Screen, UK Film Council, Film4 Productions, Slate Films
Overview
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.
Principal Cast
20 credited
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