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The Last King of Scotland, Kevin Macdonald, (Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Simon) - Summary about movies online at movie-collection.com
British film based on Giles Foden's novel of the same name. Won Oscar.
Young Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan heads to Uganda seeking adventure and escape from the bourgeois life of his father. He works in a small clinic on the countryside with Dr. Merrit and his wife, Sarah.
At the time of Garrigan's arrival, General Idi Amin leads a coup against current president Milton Obote. He is enamored by Amin's rhetoric when Amin comes to the village where they are working, which held a rally for him. Garrigan and Amin meet on a chance encounter on a country road, where he treats Amin's hand. Amin is impressed when Garrigan takes his gun and shoots a wounded cow.
He likes Garrigan because he is Scottish, and offers Garrigan the job of becoming his personal physician, and, after some hesitation, Garrigan accepts.
