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Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil

war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone,

"Blood Diamond" is the story of Danny Archer

(Leonardo DiCaprio), an ex-mercenary from Zimbabwe,

and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman.

Both men are African, but their histories and their

circumstances are as different as any can be until

their fates become joined in a common quest to

recover a rare pink diamond, the kind of stone

that can transform a life...or end it.



Solomon, who has been taken from his family

and forced to work in the diamond fields, finds

the extraordinary gem and hides it at great risk,

knowing if he is discovered, he will be killed

instantly. But he also knows the diamond could

not only provide the means to save his wife and

daughters from a life as refugees but also help

rescue his son, Dia, from an even worse fate as a

child soldier.


Archer, who has made his living trading diamonds

for arms, learns of Solomon's hidden stone while

in prison for smuggling. He knows a diamond like

this is a once-in-a-lifetime find—valuable enough

to be his ticket out of Africa and away from the

cycle of violence and corruption in which he has

been a willing player.


Enter Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), an idealistic

American journalist who is in Sierra Leone to uncover

the truth behind conflict diamonds, exposing the

complicity of diamond industry leaders who have

chosen profits over principles. Maddy seeks out

Archer as a source for her article, but soon

finds it is he who needs her even more.


With Maddy's help, Archer and Solomon

embark on a dangerous trek through rebel territory.

Archer needs Solomon to find and recover

the valuable pink diamond, but Solomon seeks

something far more precious...his son.







＊She is on the way where I will be someday＊