Shake Hands with the Devil

"When the world turned its back, one man stood up."

Sep 28 2007 R 1h 52m

Drama, History, War

In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.

Plot

In the end of 1993, the Canadian General Romeo Dallaire is assigned to lead the United Nation troops in Rwanda. In 1994, when the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus begins, General Dallaire gives his best effort to help the people in Rwanda, inclusive negotiating with the Tutsi rebels, the Hutu army and the Interhamwe militia. However, he fights against bureaucracy and lack of interest from the United Nations and witnesses the West World ignoring and turning back any sort of support, inclusive USA opposing in the security council of UN to any type of help.

Written by

Judith Rascoe, Michael Donovan, Roméo Dallaire

Directed by

Jennifer Capraru, Roger Spottiswoode

Cast

Roy Dupuis, Owen Sejake, James Gallanders

Crew

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Production Countries

Canada, Rwanda

Production Companies

Head Gear Films, Halifax Film Company, Barna-Alper Productions, Seville Productions

Languages

English

Awards

6 wins & 13 nominations

Trailers

Shake Hands With The Devil Official Trailer HD

Scores

# of Votes

3,872

Average Rating

7.6 out of 10

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