The Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was a fan of Hitler, a murderer of 300,000 and perhaps even a cannibal. But one thing he was not - the bumbling buffoon much of the world made him out to be.
The Last of Scotland, the British Oscar hope that opened the 50th London Film Festival on October 18, exposes the calculating charm that allowed Amin to get away with it all.
He had an odd affinity for the Scottish nation - he employed a personal bagpipe player and took to wearing kilts.
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