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The Silent Army

The Silent Army

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 11, 2008

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Drama, Thriller

User Score

55%

Original Title

Wit Licht

Director

Jean van de Velde

Budget

$10,000,000

Description

Eduard Zuiderwijk (Marco Borsato) runs a restaurant in Africa. When his wife (Ricky Koole) suddenly dies, he is left to take care of his son Thomas (Siebe Schoneveld) on his own. When his son's best friend Abu (Andrew Kintu) is abducted by a rebel leader to be trained as a child soldier, Eduard goes in pursuit to save the boy and regain his son's respect.