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April 10, 2026
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"When no one is to blame, everyone is to blame."
"We have spent these last years disciplining anyone who disagrees with our line on divorce, on birth control, on being gay. While our planet was being destroyed, while inequality grew like a cancer. We worried whether it was alright to speak the Mass in Latin, whether girls should be allowed to be altar servers. We built walls around us, and all the time, all the time, the real danger was inside. Inside with us."
"Inspired by true events."
"Joanitta Bewulira-Wandera as Mrs. Gali"
"Maurice Kirya as Theo"
"Irene Kulabako Kakembo as Mrs. Kimbale"
"Peter Odeke as Mr. Barumba"
"Sheebah Karungi as Shakira"
"Taryn "Kay" Kyaze as Night, Phiona's older sister"
"Ethan Nazario Lubega as Benjamin"
"Ronald Ssemaganda as Ivan"
"Martin Kabanza as Mugabi Brian"
"Nikita Pearl Waligwa as Gloria Nansubuga, Phiona's friend"
"Gloria: [repeated line] HE TOOK MY QUEEN!!!"
"Madina Nalwanga as Phiona Mutesi"
"I think she should keep this boy at a proper distance."
"If you do not keep your promise, you will never see my children again."
"David Oyelowo as Robert Katende"
"Mrs. Gali: She surrounds you until you have nowhere to go. Such aggressiveness in a girl is quite a treasure. As a member of the governing body of the Uganda Chess Federation, it is my honor to award a medal to a girl who plays with astonishing power. This year's Budoan gold medalist is from the children's team of Katwe, Phiona Mutesi."
"[to Phiona] Sometimes the place you are use to... is not the place where you belong."
"Checkmate!"
"[last lines of the movie] We are home, Mama."
"Esther Tebandeke as Sara Katende"
"Edgar Kanyike as Joseph"
"I can see your mothers strength in you, Phiona. How is she? [Phiona lowers down her head with no answer] If I could see my mother... for just one more time... I would have gave everything in my possession for that."
"Lupita Nyong'o as Nakku Harriet"
"Howard Ferguson Jr. as Brian Ferguson"
"Jenny Gabrielle as Desiree Steed"
"Natalie Hall as Natalie Johnson"
"Barbie Robertson as Marsena Thurston"
"Rachel Singer as Brendan's mother"
"Jade Kammerman as Stephanie Turbyfill"
"Scott Haze as Clayton Whitted"
"Michael McNulty as Kevin Woyjeck"
"Jake Picking as Anthony Rose"
"Nicholas Jenks as John Percin Jr."
"James Badge Dale as Jesse Steed"
"Matthew Van Wettering as Joe Thurston"
"Ben Hardy as Wade Parker"
"Kenny Miller as Sean Misner"
"Thad Luckinbill as Scott Norris"
"Geoff Stults as Travis Turbyfill"
"Ryan Busch as Dustin DeFord"
"Ryan Jason Cook as William Warneke"
"Taylor Kitsch as Christopher MacKenzie"
"Brandon Bunch as Garret Zuppiger"
"Sam Quinn as Grant McKee"
"Josh Brolin as Eric Marsh"
"It should've been me. He was better than me. They were all better than me!"
"Miles Teller as Brendan McDonough"