Directed by: Terry George
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte
In General RE we were learning about human rights and stuff and got onto the subject of genocide. Our teacher then decided that we should watch this film about the genocide that happened in Rwanda in the 90's.
It starts with the Hutus and Tutsis who are groups of people (I didn't really pay attention to that part) and they kind of hate each other.
Meanwhile, Paul Rusesabagina (Cheadle), the manager of Hotel Des Milles Collines (the best hotel in the country), and his family are leading a good life. The hotel is owned by the Belgian SABENE company (Belgian = tutsi, French = hutu) which makes it Belgian property and a safehouse if anything should happen.
Something does happen, the hutu president is killed to be exact, and the hutus go crazy and start murdering all the tutsis they can, backed by the hutu military.
Hundreds of refugees run towards the hotel, looking for a safe place to stay. Paul can't turn them away so allows them to stay. The UN sends a few officers (Nick Nolte) to guard the place and keep the peace but unfortunately, the UN do not help the african residents and only get the white people out.
It's up to Paul to keep his hotel running and try to get his family, and hopefully everyone else, out of this mess.
The brilliant actors in this film make it great. I'm actually surprised that the actors did not win any awards for their performance.
Remember: this is a sad film about a real situation that actually happened so only watch it if you're not affected too much by this kind of thing (if you've seen Passion of teh Christ then you should be fine).
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