12 Years a Slave
2013 · Movie · 133 min. · United States
Based on a true story, 12 YEARS A SLAVE is a riveting account of a free black man kidnapped and sold into brutal slavery in mid-1850s Louisiana, and the inspiring story of his desperate struggle to return home to his family. Solomon Northup, an educated black man with a gift for music, lives with his wife and children in New York. One day he awakens to find he has been drugged and being shipped to the South as a slave. Refusing to abandon hope, Solomon watches helplessly as those around him succumb to violence, crushing emotional abuse and hopelessness.
Direction Steve McQueen
Cast Chiwetel Ejiofor · Michael Fassbender · Lupita Nyong'o · Paul Dano · Paul Giamatti · Benedict Cumberbatch · Sarah Paulson · Brad Pitt · Alfre Woodard · Adepero Oduye · Chris Chalk · Garret Dillahunt · Dwight Henry · Scoot McNairy · Taran Killam · Bill Camp · Michael Kenneth Williams · Ashley Dyke · Quvenzhané Wallis · Rob Steinberg · Bryan Batt · Storm Reid
Soundtrack Hans Zimmer
Screenplay John Ridley · Solomon Northup
Cinematography Sean Bobbitt
Original title 12 Years a Slave (Twelve Years a Slave)
7.3
62K votes (FilmAffinity)
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