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Shake Hands with the Devil
Film / 2007

Shake Hands with the Devil

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
DramaHistory

★ 7.2/10Audience rating

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 …

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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.

Cast

Roy DupuisLieutenant General Roméo Dallaire Owen SejakeBrigadier General Henry Anyidoho James GallandersMajor Brent Beardsley Michel Ange NzojibwamiColonel Théoneste Bagosora Michel MongeauColonel Luc Marchal Robert LalondeGeneral Maurice Baril John Sibi-OkumuJacques-Roger Booh-Booh John MatshikizaPresident Habyarimana Deborah Kara UngerEmma Baker, an American Reporter Odile Katesi GakirePrime Minister Agathe Jean-Hugues AngladeBernard Kouchner Akin OmotosoMajor General Paul Kagame
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Tom McCamusMajor Phil Lancaster Strini PillaiBangladeshi Commander Craig HourquebieWillem Kenneth KambuleMajor Kamenzi Patrice FayeColonel Poncet Mark Antony KrupaPolish Officer Chris ThorneAmerican Ambassador Intore MasambaMarcel Lena SlachmuijpderOdette Philip AkinKofi Annan David CalderisiBoutros Boutros-Ghali Jacqueline DonovanPsychiatrist Jean De La Paix HategekimanaInterahamwe Leader

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