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Release Date:
28 September 2007 (Canada) moreTagline:
A true story of compassion, courage and hope morePlot:
A film adaptation of the Romeo Dallaire autobiography Shake Hands with the Devil. full summary | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
United Nations
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Genocide
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Rwanda
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Betrayal
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Violence
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6 wins & 12 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Latest MPAA Ratings: Bulletin No: 2057 (From Rope Of Silicon. 18 February 2009, 11:44 AM, PST)
Lafleur's Continental Is A Multiple Winner At The Jutra Awards
(From WENN. 10 March 2008, 12:13 PM, PDT)
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Genocide Is When There Are Cargo Trains, Concentration Camps, Gas Chambers moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Roy Dupuis | ... | General Romeo Dallaire | |
| Owen Sejake | ... | Ghanian General Henry Anyidoho (as Owen Lebakeng Sejake) | |
| James Gallanders | ... | Major Brent Beardsley | |
| Michel Mongeau | ... | Luc Marchal | |
| Robert Lalonde | ... | Général Maurice Baril | |
| John Sibi-Okumu | ... | Booh-Booh | |
| Akin Omotoso | ... | Paul Kagame | |
| Tom McCamus | ... | Phil Lancaster | |
| John Matshikiza | ... | President Habyarimana | |
| Jean-Hugues Anglade | ... | Bernard Kouchner | |
| Strini Pillai | ... | Bangladeshi Commander | |
| Craig Hourqueble | ... | Willem | |
| Kenneth Khambula | ... | Major Kamenzi | |
| Patrice Faye | ... | Colonel Poncet | |
| Chris Thorne | ... | American Ambassador |
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Rated R for some disturbing violent images and brief strong language.Parents Guide:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Roy Dupuis collaborated significantly with Roméo Dallaire while researching this film and the two became friends. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: At the international news report on the massacres, the modern Rwandan flag is depicted on the screen, which wasn't introduced until 2001, whereas the news report was from 1993, during the massacre. moreQuotes:
General Romeo Dallaire: We're going to stay to bear witness to what the rest of the world doesn't want to see. moreFAQ
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In the end of 1993, the Canadian General Romeo Dallaire (Roy Dupuis) is assigned to lead the United Nation troops in Rwanda. In 1994, when the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus begins, General Dallaire gives his best effort to help the poor black people in Rwanda, inclusive negotiating with the Tutsi rebels, the Hutu army and the Interhamwe militia. However, he fights against bureaucracy and lack of interest from the United Nations and witnesses the West World ignoring and turning back any sort of support, inclusive USA opposing in the security council of UN to any type of help.
The story of the genocide in Rwanda was first seen in the cinema through the magnificent "Hotel Rwanda" (2004), telling the life of Paul Rusesabagina, one anonymous hero and manager of the Milles Collines Hotel of Kigali; then, in "Shooting Dogs" (2005) that tells the story of the Catholic priest Christopher and the idealistic English teacher Joe Connor; then in "Un Dimanche à Kigali" (2006) focused in the romance of a Canadian journalist and a Tutsi waitress. Now these movies are complemented by the less emotive "Shake Hands with the Devil" that tells the same story, but now through the eyes and heart of the Canadian General Romeo Dallaire trapped in the indifference of the UN. It is amazing the line of General Dallaire when he says that for the UN, "genocide is when there are cargo trains, concentration camps, and gas chambers". I imagine how frustrated this general might have been seeing the slaughter of defenseless human beings having to follows bureaucratic and political orders from his superiors. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "História de um Massacre" ("History of a Massacre")