Shooting Dogs

"What would you risk to make a difference?"

Mar 31 2006 R 1h 55m
Drama, History, War

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.

Plot

In April 1994, after the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda is shot down, the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, the Catholic Priest Christopher (Sir John Hurt) and the idealistic English teacher Joe Connor (Hugh Dancy) lodge two thousand five hundred Rwandans refugees, under the protection of the Belgian U.N. force, and under siege by Hutu militia. When the Tutsi refugees are abandoned by the U.N., they are murdered by the extremist militia.

Written by

David Wolstencroft, Richard Alwyn, David Belton

Directed by

Michael Caton-Jones

Cast

John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, Germany

Production Companies

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

Languages

Français, Deutsch, English

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 3 nominations total

Trailers
Shooting Dogs (Trailer NL) 2005
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