Shake Hands With the Devil

Shake Hands With the Devil

112 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 28, 2007

Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the military commander of the UN mission in Rwanda and this movie is personal and, all too true, story of his time there during the genocide of 1994. It is not quite as moving as the earlier Hotel Rwanda and is less geared to drama and emotional manipulation, but it is still grim and upsetting.

Shake Hands With the Devil

112 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 28, 2007

Shake Hands With the Devil
Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the military commander of the UN mission in Rwanda and this movie is personal and, all too true, story of his time there during the genocide of 1994. It is not quite as moving as the earlier Hotel Rwanda and is less geared to drama and emotional manipulation, but it is still grim and upsetting.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Barna-Alper Productions, Halifax Film Company, Head Gear Films, Seville Productions
Original title Shake Hands With the Devil
Directors Roger Spottiswoode
Writers Michael Donovan

Cast

Roy Dupuis

as General Romeo Dallaire

Deborah Kara Unger

as Emma, an American Reporter

James Gallanders

as Major Brent Beardsley

Michel Mongeau

as Luc Marchal

Odile Katesi Gakire

as Prime Minister of the Peace Government

Jean-Hugues Anglade

as Bernard Kouchner

Owen Sejake

as Ghanian General Henry Anyidoho

John Matshikiza

as President Habyarimana