Un dimanche à Kigali
Spring 1994. Kigali, Rwanda's capital city, deep in the heart of Africa. Bernard Valcourt is a man divided between hope and disillusionment. In Africa to shoot a documentary on the devastation weaked by AIDS, Valcourt watches on as tensions rapidly escalate between Tutsis and Hutus. At the Hôtel Des Milles Collines, home to expatriates, Valcourt falls madly in love with Gentille, a beautiful Rwandan waitress. Though she feels the same way, their romance grows in fits and starts; she is so young and he - he is so white...
In spite of their differences, Gentille and Valcourt throw caution to the wind and marry. And then war breaks out. Amidst the ensuing chaos the lovers are brutelly separated. Valcourt searches desperately for his wife, but because of his status as a foreigner, is forced to leave the country.
Months later.
Rwanda is stained with the blood of close to a million Tutsis but order has been restored. Valcourt returns to Kigali in search of his wife. But with many survivors displaced from their homes and some living in refugee camps across borders, his task is a difficult one. Amidst this chaos, will Valcourt find Gentille? And if he does, will they recapture their love or will the scars of Africa's most brutal war run too deep?
A beautiful love story set against the horror of genocide, A Sunday in Kigali paints, with clarity and compassion, a picture of the horror and the hope that reside in the human heart.
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Luc Picard | Bernard Valcourt |
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Fatou N'Diaye | Gentille |
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Celine Bonnier | Élise |
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Luck Mervil | Raphaël |
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Maka Kotto | Manu |
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Fayolle Jean | Victor |
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Léonce Ngabo | Maurice |
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Jean-Chris Banange Semutakirwa | Modeste |
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Erwin Weche | D.J. Rock |
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Mireille Metellus | Agathe |
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Natasha Muziramakenga | Émerita |
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Guy Thauvette | Général Roméo Dallaire |
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Luc Proulx | Père Louis |
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Eric Kabanda | Cyprien |
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Geneviève Brouillette | Madame la Consule |
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Valentin Utaruhijimana | Célestin |
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Louise Laparé | Francine |
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Johanna Ingabiré | Désirée |
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Aline Muhorakeye | Georgina |
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Jean De La Paix Hategekimana | Cousin de Cyprien |
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Amélie Chérubin-Soulières | Mathilde |
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Vincent Bilodeau | Père Cardinal |
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Alexis Martin | Lamarre |
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Mutsari Jean | Jean Damascène |
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Diane Nyiraparasi | Berthe |
| Director | Robert Favreau |
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| Writer | Gil Courtemanche, Robert Favreau | |
| Producer | Lyse Lafontaine, Michael Mosca | |
| Musician | Jorane | |
| Photography | Pierre Mignot | |
| Packaging | Snap Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | English | French |
| Distributor | Warner Brothers Home Video |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jan 30, 2007 |
| Regions | 1 |