A Sunday in Kigali

Summary In April 1994, the middle-aged Canadian journalist Bernard Valcourt is making a documentary in Kigali about AIDS. He secretly falls in love for the Tutsi waitress of his hotel Gentille, who is younger than him, in a period of violent racial conflicts. When the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda begins, Bernard does not succeed in escaping with Gentille to Canada. When the genocide finishes in July 1994, Bernard returns to the chaotic Kigali seeking out Gentille in the middle of destruction and dead bodies. View more details

A Sunday in Kigali

Directed : Robert Favreau

Written : Robert Favreau Gil Courtemanche

Stars : Fatou N'Diaye Luc Picard Céline Bonnier Luck Mervil

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Genres : Drama War

Release date : Apr 11, 2006

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : French

Filming locations : Kigali, Rwanda

Production companies : Equinoxe Productions

Summary In April 1994, the middle-aged Canadian journalist Bernard Valcourt is making a documentary in Kigali about AIDS. He secretly falls in love for the Tutsi waitress of his hotel Gentille, who is younger than him, in a period of violent racial conflicts. When the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda begins, Bernard does not succeed in escaping with Gentille to Canada. When the genocide finishes in July 1994, Bernard returns to the chaotic Kigali seeking out Gentille in the middle of destruction and dead bodies. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama War

Release date : Apr 11, 2006

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : French

Filming locations : Kigali, Rwanda

Production companies : Equinoxe Productions

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