Shooting Dogs (2005)

115 min · Drama, War Film, drama film

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Directors

Michael Caton-Jones

Cast

John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz, David Gyasi, Steve Toussaint, Clare-Hope Ashitey

The story

Joe Connor is a teacher at the École Technique Officielle outside Kigali, run by Father Christopher. The school is also home to a company of Belgian soldiers under the command of Captain Delon, as part of the UN peacekeeping mandate. Joe is close to a girl, Marie, who, Christopher believes, has a crush on him.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, Aggression, Civil War, Coup d'Etat, Genocide in Ruanda, Gewalt, High School Komödie, Hutu, Inhumanity, Katholizismus, Kigali, Non-governmental organisation, Professional School, Rape, Tutsi, UNO, Vandalism, Vernichtung einer Zivilisation

Genres

Drama, War Film, drama film

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