Johnny Mad Dog

Johnny Mad Dog is a 2008 Franco–Liberian war film directed and written by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire. Based on the 2002 novel Johnny chien méchant by Congolese author Emmanuel Dongala, the plot follows a group of child soldiers fighting for the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebels in 2003, during the Second Liberian Civil War.

Johnny Mad Dog
DVD cover
Directed byJean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Screenplay byJean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Based onJohnny chien méchant
by Emmanuel Dongala
Produced byBenoit Jaubert
Mathieu Kassovitz
StarringChristophe Minie
Daisy Victoria Vandy
Joseph Duo
Dagbeth Tweh
Careen Moore
CinematographyMarc Koninckx
Edited byStéphane Elmadjian
Music byJackson Tennessee Fourgeaud
Production
companies
MNP Entreprise
Explicit Films
Scope Pictures
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Canal+
Distributed byTFM Distribution
Release dates
  • 20 May 2008 (2008-05-20) (Cannes)
  • 26 November 2008 (2008-11-26) (France)
  • 9 September 2009 (2009-09-09) (Belgium)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
Liberia
LanguagesEnglish
Liberian Kreyol
Kru
Box office$213,139

The film stars Christopher Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy, Dagbeh Tweh, Barry Chernoh, Mohammed Sesay and Joseph Duo. It premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

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