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The movie starts with the protoganist, Nicholas Garrigan, who rebels against his father by leaving to work as a doctor in Uganda. While working in a missionary hospital in Uganda and being hot for the married Sarah Meritt, [[Casanova]] Garrigan meets Idi Amin, a charismatic general who is so impressed with him that he appoints him to become his personal doctor. Soon Idi Amin descends from ([[Villain with Good Publicity|seemingly]]) being an [[Anti-Hero]] and [[Affably Evil]] to a [[Bad Boss]], [[The Caligula]] and a [[Complete Monster]]. Nicholas Garrigan plays the role of a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]], first by overlooking a lot of Amin's bloodthirsty antics by convincing himself that it is necessary to bring peace to Uganda, and believing that things would get better as Amin's enemies are eliminated. Unsurprisingly, he is wrong. It does not help that he falls in love with Amin's youngest and discarded wife Kay, which soon leads him in a confrontation.

 

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* [[Adult Fear]]: Nicholas' situation. Imagine if you were friends with someone who's the leader of a nation and then they are being accused of being a dictator. Naturally you defend them, but what would you do when the accusations turn out to be ''facts'' and you watch your friend become unstable to the point where he'll kill anyone who does something he doesn't like, including you yourself?

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