Attah Abraham, 14-year old Ghanaian co-star of Idris Elba wins award at Venice Film Festival: 14-year old Ghanaian street vendor turned actor, Attah Abraham has won the Marcello Mastroianni’s Best Young Actor Award at the 2015 Venice Film Festival. He won the award for his lead performance alongside Idris Elba in ‘Beasts Of no Nation’ Attah Abraham who is said to be without any acting background was picked from the streets of Ghana during the shooting of Netflix’s soon to be ...released movie “Beasts of No Nation.” According the Director of the movie, Cary Fukunaga, Atta Abraham was randomly selected on the streets. Cary Fukunaga according to the Business Insider said: “the lead in ‘Beasts of No Nation’ was essentially a street vendor before we shot the film. [He had] zero film experience, little education…but he became a great .actor
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