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Sometimes in April, 2005
English, Kinyarwanda
France, USA
Profile of Sometimes in April
The mood of Sometimes in April is bleak and rough. The plot centers around genocide, a revolution, and a conspiracy against humanity. It is a drama, period, and war movie. In approach, Sometimes in April is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a hotel. The setting is rwanda. Sometimes in April happens in the 1990s.
Summary of Sometimes in April
HBO pushes the envelope once again with this dramatization of the brutal events that befell the citizens of Rwanda in April 1994. Director Raoul Peck shot the bulk of the picture in Rwanda, adding an incredible feeling of poignancy to his film by revisiting many of the sites where the unthinkable acts of genocide occurred. Peck focuses his cameras on two Hutu brothers, a military man and a DJ. The Hutu's were responsible for the estimated 800,000 deaths of their Tutsi countrymen during this period; the violence was sparked when Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana--also a Hutu--was killed after his plane was shot down on April 6th. As the gruesome events unfold, the two brothers lives are immeasurably changed in ways they never thought possible.
Hard hitting and not afraid to depict many of the graphic scenes of violence that exploded across Rwanda during this dark chapter in Africa's history, SOMETIMES IN APRIL is a courageous, brave piece of filmmaking that stands alongside Terry George's HOTEL RWANDA as an important document of a tragic time.
Details
| Language: | English, Kinyarwanda |
| Country: | France, USA |
| Release date: | 19 March 2005 |
| Runtime: | 140 min |
Cast and Crew
as Augustin
as Lionel Quaid
as Prudence Bushnell
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