Blood Diamond (3/4) Movie CLIP - A Good Boy (2006) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Solomon (Djimon Hounsou) convinces his son Dia (Kagiso Kuypers) to put down his gun by reminding him how much his family loves him.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
A South African mercenary and a Mende fisherman find their fates forever intertwined as they embark on a quest to obtain a rare and highly coveted pink diamond in director Edward Zwick's frantic adventure drama. Ripped from his family farm and forced to toil away in the sweltering South African diamond fields, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) discovered an extraordinary rough stone of immeasurable value. Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a hired gun who specializes in the sale of so-called "blood diamonds" that are used to finance rebellions and terrorist organizations, and is currently serving time for smuggling. As a bloody civil war rages in Sierra Leone and Archer learns that Vandy has safely hidden the diamond in a place where no one would ever suspect, the pair enlist the aid of disillusioned American journalist Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly) in recovering the treasure that has the power to save Vandy's family and provide the desperate Archer with a much-needed chance for redemption.

CREDITS:
TM & © Warner Bros. (2006)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Kagiso Kuypers
Director: Edward Zwick
Producers: Len Amato, Kevin De La Noy, Josh Gummersall, Marshall Herskovitz, Genevieve Hofmeyr, Gillian Gorfil, Philip Key, Paula Weinstein, Ben Waisbren, Edward Zwick, Graham King
Screenwriters: C. Gaby Mitchell, Charles Leavitt

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[andyrodriguez]

The look on Dia's face hearing all that just hurts. He was brainwashed into a cold-hearted killer.. But hearing his father's voice reminded him that he was loved. Those tears were the rebirth of a new Dia...

[NostalgiaReaper]

This scene reminds me how powerful a father is in a man's life from when he's a child to a grown adult, I won't forget after I saw my father after so many years I broke down and hugged him I knew it wasn't his fault.

[The-Xclusiveeeee]

This scene alone just goes to show what an incredible actor Djimon Hounsou is and i think he deserves an oscar he is one of the very best, and what an incredible movie, simply amazing.

[energysage]

Hounsou was perfectly convincing in every scene. That raw intensity and emotion was too pure for any other oscar nominee of that year to even compete in my opinion. In that prison scene near the beginning where the man accuses him of having a diamond so the inmates would attack him for it, and he immediately starts screaming "Where?! Where is it?!" and tears his clothes off to prove it just felt so primal I was almost trembling. And of course, his rage when he beats the man to death with a shovel. 

[ExactlySandwich]

Notice how of all the confrontations, this is the first one Solomon _doesn’t_ escalate. He fought Archer, he escalated when he met his family in the camp, he ends almost every disagreement with screaming.

But not here. He speaks in a calm, gentle voice and doesn’t demand he do anything. He does fall into old habits at the start, but he catches himself. He loves his son deeply, and for his sake he changes for the better.

Best character.

[joe-]

“You will come home with me & be my son again”

[jessekurtz]

This scene is beautiful on so many levels. This is why sons need fathers. We all get lost sometimes. A good father reminds you who you are, and where you came from. He doesn’t judge you. He welcomes you back. They often ask simple questions that change everything.

‘What are you doing?’

“You are Dia Vandy of the proud Mende tribe
You’re a good boy who loves soccer and school.
Your mother loves you so much.
She waits back for you making plantains and eggplant stew with your sister, and the little baby. The cows wait for you, and Baboo; The wild dog who minds no one but you.

I know they made you do bad things, but you are not a bad boy.

I AM YOUR FATHER WHO LOVES YOU and you will come home with me, and be my son again.”

Wow. Just total wow. Tears. Literal tears.

[yevy]

A remarkable performance. He deserved an Oscar for this.

[skatelife]

possibly the greatest movie scene ever.

[StandUsr]

This scene always makes me cry. I cannot watch it without bawling.

[Grapejuiceable]

Djimon is so underrated as an actor had to tell friends in the theatre. I’m not crying you are.

[frankjennings]

The great thing about this scene is that Solomon's message applies to both Dia and Danny. They were both taken from their homes at the same age after witnessing unspeakable acts of violence and made to do bad things for a cause that they later learned was just a ruse for their leaders to get rich. They both made the decision that "This is Africa", and they might as well join in and use violence to get the riches for themselves, and here Solomon is saying that just because you did bad things doesn't mean you're a bad person and you can "come home" which both Dia and Danny do in their own ways.

[yugo]

Powerful scene, this movie should have won a lot of Oscar’s

[Nightroamer]

Great movie, this scene is so touching. Brings tears to my eyes. All the shit Solomon and especially Dia had been through.

[GoldenScorpKid]

''You're a good boy, who loves fufu and pounded yam.''
''De Plantain waits for you.''

[TimoStv]

Djimon gave one hell of a performance in this movie. Goosebumps

[PokeLexgnzlz]

Hounsou's performance here was outstanding, as well as in the shovel scene. I don't usually like war movies because they are way too tragic, but scenes like this make Blood Diamond an exception.

[mihaimarius]

what an look in his eyes the whole this remind me of mel gibson in braveheart. AMAZING

[califinn]

Being a father...means running into a RUF camp in the middle of their drinking session, and pulling your boy out facing guns without any care for your own well being because he's your son and that's what a father does.

[travel_worldwide_]

Breathtaking background music, what a creation.