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Feature film — 2006

A Sunday in Kigali (2006)

7.31h 58mDrama

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.

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Director: Robert Favreau

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Cast & crew

Luc Picard as Bernard Valcourt

Luc Picard

Bernard Valcourt

Fatou N'Diaye as Gentille

Fatou N'Diaye

Gentille

Céline Bonnier as Élise

Céline Bonnier

Élise

Luck Mervil as Raphaël

Luck Mervil

Raphaël

Maka Kotto as Manu

Maka Kotto

Manu

Fayolle Jean as Victor

Fayolle Jean

Victor

L

Léonce Ngabo

Maurice

J

Jean-Chris Banange Semutakirwa

Modeste

E

Erwin Weche

D.J. Rock

Mireille Metellus as Agathe

Mireille Metellus

Agathe

N

Natasha Muziramakenga

Émerita

Guy Thauvette as Général Roméo Dallaire

Guy Thauvette

Général Roméo Dallaire

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