Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jul 20267/10
I think sometimes when we see eye-watering statistics of wartime casualties, we begin to become a little santised to their effects. Just how could the Hutu and the Tutsi manage to slaughter 800,000 of their own countrymen? It doesn't seem plausible, and yet it happened - and here, Idris Elba leads a cast of competent acting talent as his "Augustin" takes us on a bit of a fragmented but effective tour of this genocide. Rwanda itself is one of those countries crafted by post-colonial Europeans (in this case the Belgians) who loved to draw lines dictating where one nation started and stopped, paying scant regard to tribal ancestries and difficulties. Usually ensuring that their friends were left in government, resentment soon boiled over as the president is assassinated and the Hutu descend on their "cock-roach" foes and any from amongst their own numbers who urged reconciliation. "Augustin" is a military man who has hitherto lived well enough with his family, but now he has become separated from his much less fortunate brother "Honoré" (Oris Erhuero) and is faced with having to - quite literally - execute orders that he abhors. It's that inner conflict that is the source of the narra
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Cast
- Idris ElbaAugustin
- Carole KaremeraJeanne
- Pamela NomveteMartine
- Oris ErhueroHonoré
- Fraser JamesXavier
- Abby Mukiibi NkaagaColonel Bagosora
- Cleophas KabasitaValentine
- Noah EmmerichLionel Quaid
- Debra WingerPrudence Bushnell
- Peninah AbatoniWoman Refugee #1
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- Raoul PeckDirector
- Éric GuichardDirector of Photography
- Bruno CoulaisOriginal Music Composer
- Jacques CometsEditor
- Daniel DelumeProducer
- Kisha Imani CameronProducer
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