This compounded my dissatisfaction with this film.
Reflecting a dictator from the perspective of a personal doctor is a very special perspective and a unique approach. But after watching it, I feel that the personal touch of this film is too heavy. For the first time, Ge Reagan realized that Amin's true face was due to his guilt for the tragic death of the Minister of Health; he and Amin had a head-on conflict because he had an adulterous relationship with his wife. I don't know the history of Uganda. At least from the film, the doctor's hatred of the dictator seems to be a personal feast. What's more, his own behavior is not very clever: whistleblowing, adultery, and abusive behavior.
According to the film, Amin shot the assassin out of self-protection. And his cruelest behavior is to cut off his unfaithful wife and punish adulterers in primitive ways. It is just to change to an ordinary man, even if he no longer loves that wife, he can't tolerate his wife cuckolding himself, not to mention that he is still the king of a country and he is in Africa. So the punishment is cruel, but it is understandable.
The film’s description of "dictatorship" is too light. We can only see the massacre and the like from the photos produced by British diplomats. The domestic economy collapsed and the people’s livelihood collapsed due to Amin’s brutality were also lightened. skip. Why did the opposition want to assassinate him? Why would Britain not support him? Did not explain it carefully. If it is only for power and gain, then Amin's behavior of excluding dissidents should also be more reasonable.
Afterwards, I made up some of the history at that time and found that the relationship between Amin and the United Kingdom was intricate and complicated. His attitude towards foreigners, especially Israelis, also had a profound political background. In addition, there are still people in Uganda who support Amin, a figure with mixed reputation. It's a pity that the video did not show well.
In a word, the feeling after reading it: The whole article is about the personal grievances between the doctor and Amin, and I still don't understand how Amin changed from a liberator of a nation to a dictator.
Everyone has said a lot about the advantages of this film, especially the actor's acting skills, which are simply vivid. The above text is just a statement from the family.
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