What would you risk to make a difference?
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- cooloverwhelming
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- Andres Gomezon TMDB · Sep 20138/10
Great drama and great characters for the untold story of Hutus and Tutsis conflict in Rwanda and the naïveness of the good hearted people against the cruel reality and the tough decisions to make.
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Cast
- John HurtChristopher
- Hugh DancyJoe Connor
- Dominique HorwitzCapitaine Charles Delon
- Nicola WalkerRachel
- David GyasiFrançois
- Steve ToussaintRoland
- Clare-Hope AshiteyMarie
- Susan NalwogaEdda
- Victor PowerJulius
- Victor PowerMark
Crew
- Michael Caton-JonesDirector
- David WolstencroftScreenplay
- Ivan StrasburgDirector of Photography
- Dario MarianelliOriginal Music Composer
- Christian LonkEditor
- David BeltonProducer
- Pippa CrossProducer
- Jens MeurerProducer
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