Movie
Shooting Dogs
Overview
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Details
- Release date
- 2006-03-08
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- CrossDay Productions, BBC Film, Egoli Tossell Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Invicta Capital, UK Film Council, ZDF, ARTE
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Hurt as Christopher
- Hugh Dancy as Joe Connor
- Dominique Horwitz as Capitaine Charles Delon
- Nicola Walker as Rachel
- David Gyasi as François
- Steve Toussaint as Roland
- Clare-Hope Ashitey as Marie
- Susan Nalwoga as Edda
- Victor Power as Julius
- Victor Power as Mark
- Musa Kasonka Jr. as Boniface
- Kizito Ssentamu Kayiira as Pierre
Crew
- Michael Caton-Jones - Director
- David Wolstencroft - Screenplay
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