Hotel Rwanda (2004)

PG-1312/22/2004Drama, History, War2h 1m

When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.

Overview

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

Top Billed Cast

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    Don Cheadle

    Paul Rusesabagina

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    Sophie Okonedo

    Tatiana Rusesabagina

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    Nick Nolte

    Colonel Oliver

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    Fana Mokoena

    General Bizimungu

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    Desmond Dube

    Dube

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    Hakeem Kae-Kazim

    George Rutaganda

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    Tony Kgoroge

    Gregoire

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    Cara Seymour

    Pat Archer

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    David O'Hara

    David

Don Cheadle is super as Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of a Belgian-owned hotel in Kigali in 1994 during the civil strife that saw Hutus relentlessly and ruthlessly persecute the minority Tutsis in Rwanda. Once he is directly touched by one such incident, he decides that he must do something to help and so turns his luxury accommodation into a refuge for hundreds of dispossessed and terrified people. With the help the Red Cross and some foreign press he walks a delicate tightrope trying to keep everyone safe, fed and watered. This is a brave and compelling story of the unimaginable brutality a...