The Silent Army

Child soldiers in Africa are at the fore in this tale of a white restaurant owner in an African town bordering a conflict zone. When his son's African friend Abu is abducted, he sets out to find the boy, and walks right into a training camp exploiting children like Abu.

The Silent Army is a 2008 drama thriller movie directed by Jean van de Velde, starring Marco Borsato, Thekla Reuten, Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.9/10 from 1,234 votes and runs 1h 55m.