Shooting Dogs

"What would you risk to make a difference?"

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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.

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John Hurt

Christopher

Hugh Dancy

Joe Connor

Dominique Horwitz

Capitaine Charles Delon

Nicola Walker

Rachel

David Gyasi

François

Steve Toussaint

Roland

Clare-Hope Ashitey

Marie

Screenplay: David WolstencroftProducer: Pippa CrossProducer: Jens MeurerExecutive Producer: Richard AlwynExecutive Producer: David M. ThompsonExecutive Producer: Paul TrijbitsExecutive Producer: Ruth CalebDirector: Michael Caton-Jones

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Andres Gomez

2013-09-27

80%

Great drama and great characters for the untold story of Hutus and Tutsis conflict in Rwanda and the naïveness of the good hearted people against the cruel reality and the tough decisions to make.

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Keywords

destruction of a civilization rape civil war hutu tutsi rwandan genocide inhumanity aggression coup d'etat vandalism based on true story kigali volunteer professional school united nations catholicism

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Status: Released
Origin: US, GB
Languages: German, French, English
Studios: CrossDay Productions, BBC Film, Egoli Tossell Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Invicta Capital, UK Film Council, ZDF, ARTE