Hotel Rwanda

Name: Hotel Rwanda
Director: Terry George
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History, War
Released: 2004
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Desmond Dube

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Documentary
Drama

2004
Terry George
116 mins
12A

Summary

Drama based on a true story, starring Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo and Nick Nolte. Rwanda, April 1994: as Hutu extremists escalate their campaign of violence against the Tutsis, Kigali hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina moves his wife and family onto the premises. With the UN seemingly powerless to stop the bloodshed, Paul uses all his resources to shelter to a growing band of terrified Tutsi refugees.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Sloan Freer

Oscar-nominated Don Cheadle delivers the performance of his career in this gut-wrenching drama based on events in Rwanda in the mid-1990s. Dubbed "Africa's Schindler's List" by US critics, it's an inspirational and shame-inducing story of one man's courage in the face of genuine horror. In a brilliantly complex turn, Cheadle plays true-life hero Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who saved the lives of more than 1,200 refugees - the majority of them Tutsi - by sheltering them at his workplace. Cleanly shot with an acute sense of realism, the film focuses on the emotional interaction between its characters as they struggle to survive despite appalling indifference from the West. By homing in on just one element of the Hutu campaign of genocide, co-writer/director Terry George gives a human face to the shocking statistics, while his simple, straightforward style emphasises the chilling casualness of the violence. Occasionally there's a sense of unnecessary manipulation, but it's quickly forgotten in a picture of genuine weight and power.

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8.1/10

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rolenamePaul RusesabaginaDon CheadleTatiana RusesabaginaSophie OkonedoColonel OliverNick NolteJack DaglishJoaquin PhoenixDubeDesmond DubeDavidDavid O'HaraPat ArcherCara SeymourGeneral Augustin BizimungoFana MokoenaGeorge RutagandaHakeem Kae-KazimGrégoireTony Kgoroge