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.
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award1 win & 3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A gripping fictionalized account of a 1994 incident in Rwanda that became a shocking emblem of the Rwandan Hutus' mass slaughter of the Tutsis.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar 2007
fresh:
There's little respite from the terrible history that this film retells just a determination (made stronger by the faces we see after the credits) to tell it, to be sure that history doesn't forget.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
30 Mar 2007
rotten:
Movies about Africa often fall into this trap. Righteous indignation is the exclusive province of non-Africans.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
31 Mar 2007
fresh:
Though less reassuring and not as dramatically coherent as Hotel Rwanda, it still packs a hard punch.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
11 Aug 2007
fresh:
This is a spiritual drama, not a political one, drawing a thick line between our good intentions and the selfish choices we ultimately make.