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Shooting Dogs

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2006-03-08

Runtime: 115 mins

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

Spoken language: English, Français, Deutsch

Genres: Drama, History

Original title: Shooting Dogs

Production Companies: CrossDay Productions, BBC Film, Egoli Tossell Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Invicta Capital, UK Film Council, ZDF, ARTE

Production Countries: Germany, United Kingdom

Reviews

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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.
2013-09-27

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