Movie: A Sunday in Kigali

Top 10 Billed Cast

Luc Picard
Luc Picard

Bernard Valcourt

Fatou N'Diaye
Fatou N'Diaye

Gentille

Céline Bonnier
Céline Bonnier

Élise

Luck Mervil
Luck Mervil

Raphaël

Maka Kotto
Maka Kotto

Manu

Fayolle Jean
Fayolle Jean

Victor

Léonce Ngabo
Léonce Ngabo

Maurice

Jean-Chris Banange Semutakirwa
Jean-Chris Banange Semutakirwa

Modeste

Erwin Weche
Erwin Weche

D.J. Rock

Mireille Metellus
Mireille Metellus

Agathe

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2006-03-03

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    7.1

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