Ana Garcia 1º NI: "The Last king of Scotland"

Last weekend I watched “The last king of Scotland”, a British film of 2006 directed by Kevin Macdonald and based on the novel by Giles Foden. It tells the story of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (Forrest Whitaker) through his personal doctor, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy)

The film is a sketch of the African dictator’s life. Garrigan begins his relationship with Idi Amin admiring him and believing in his future projects, but quickly he realizes the cruelties for which the dictator’s regime is responsible, and the terror that reigns in the country.

This fantastic movie focuses on the close relationship between the two men, without going too deep into the dictator’s political atrocities. It moves from a more fraternal relationship between the patient and his doctor to the doctor’s persecution and martyrdom, which is due to his supposed treason.

Amin’s men torture Nicholas, but, thanks to the sacrifice of one of his fellow doctors, he manages to catch a plane on which there are hostages who live in Uganda. After learning of Nicholas’s escape, Amin goes to the airport, where he finds out that the plane has already taken off.

I really liked the film, but I don’t think the crudeness of some images is necessary.


Thanks Ana, well done! Let me just round off this lovely review by inserting the movie's official trailer (with subtitles in Spanish)