Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix
as Jack Daglish
Nick Nolte
as Colonel Oliver
Jean Reno
as Mr. Tillens - Sabena Airlines President
Don Cheadle
as Paul Rusesabagina

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Genres & Description

Action Biography Drama History War

8.1 / 10

1994. In Rwanda, the classification of the native population into Hutus and Tutsis, arbitrarily done by the colonial Belgians, is now ingrained within Rwandan mentality despite the Rwandan independence. Despite the Belgians having placed the Tutsis in a higher position during the Belgian rule, they have placed the majority Hutus in power after independence. Paul Rusesabagina, a Hutu married to a Tutsi, Tatiana Rusesabagina, is the House Manager of the Hotel Des Milles Collines in Kigali. The Milles Collines, owned by Sabena (the national airline of Belgium), is a four-star hotel catering primarily to wealthy white westerners. Paul, who knows how to work the system to run the hotel effectively for its guests and for Sabena, is proud that most of the Caucasians who he meets in this professional capacity treat him with respect. After a specific incident, the relative calm between the Tutsi guerrillas and government-backed Hutu militia takes a turn. Paul's thought that the native ...

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Comments on this trailer
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kaibakitty05

this is one movie that i enjoy watching more than once mhm, and that say a lot. - @Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:43 AM

shaizakopf

It's "Million Voices" by Wyclef Jean (although its a bit different) - @Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:33 AM

Niennis

Because he was a good president. His morals may oft times be in question, but he did very well in office over all. And if you are to hold Rwanda over Clinton's head as a failure, then Bush has done much worse with Darfur, Iraq, Iran, Afganistan, and many others, but, of course, most of all, Bush has some how managed to mess up America even more. We are now but a joke to other countries, we have lost any respect in their eyes. - @Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:04 PM

jimeca

i just want to said " we need to help one and others" i think than that word its THE WORD.... let think beyond the new ipod.. the new cell phone.. lets make a diferencee!! Peace - @Monday, July 9, 2007 2:20 AM

ghanboy

I know this was actually filmed in South Africa. But are those actual Rwandans that are used in the movie? Does anyone know? - @Wednesday, July 4, 2007 2:56 PM

Octobertiger

I had to cry when i watched it is social studies today it was so sad and such a powerful movie - @Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:47 PM

K Booker

this movie is so powerful, its a shame how white people could simply not care about this, even now. I tell people to watch this and thier like "why is this movie so great to u?" - @Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:18 AM