A Sunday in Kigali

A Sunday in Kigali

118 mins | Drama | March 3, 2006

In April 1994, the middle-aged Canadian journalist Bernard Valcourt is making a documentary in Kigali about AIDS. He secretly falls in love for the Tutsi waitress of his hotel Gentille, who is younger than him, in a period of violent racial conflicts. When the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda begins, Bernard does not succeed in escaping with Gentille to Canada. When the genocide finishes in July 1994, Bernard returns to the chaotic Kigali seeking out Gentille in the middle of destruction and dead bodies.

A Sunday in Kigali

118 mins | Drama | March 3, 2006

A Sunday in Kigali
In April 1994, the middle-aged Canadian journalist Bernard Valcourt is making a documentary in Kigali about AIDS. He secretly falls in love for the Tutsi waitress of his hotel Gentille, who is younger than him, in a period of violent racial conflicts. When the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda begins, Bernard does not succeed in escaping with Gentille to Canada. When the genocide finishes in July 1994, Bernard returns to the chaotic Kigali seeking out Gentille in the middle of destruction and dead bodies.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Equinoxe Films
Original title Un Dimanche à Kigali
Directors Robert Favreau
Writers Robert Favreau, Gil Courtemanche

Cast

Luc Picard

as Bernard Valcourt

Fatou N'Diaye

as Gentille

Céline Bonnier

as Élise

Luck Mervil

as Raphaël

Maka Kotto

as Manu

Fayolle Jean

as Victor

Léonce Ngabo

as Maurice

Erwin Weche

as D.J. Rock

Mireille Metellus

as Agathe

Natasha Muziramakenga

as Émerita

Guy Thauvette

as Général Roméo Dallaire

Luc Proulx

as Père Louis

Geneviève Brouillette

as Madame la Consule

Louise Laparé

as Francine

Vincent Bilodeau

as Père Cardinal

Alexis Martin

as Lamarre

Eric Kabanda

as Cyprien

Valentin Utaruhijimana

as Célestin

Johanna Ingabiré

as Désirée

Aline Muhorakeye

as Georgina

Jean De La Paix Hategekimana

as Cousin de Cyprien

Mutsari Jean

as Jean Damascène

Diane Nyiraparasi

as Berthe

Alain Mukuralinda

as Client agressif

Isabelle Desmarais

as Fille de Manu

Francis de Moor

as Gérant d'hôtel

Joseph Saad

as Assassin d'Émerita

Raymond Habimana

as Preneur de son

Denis Nsanzamahoro

as Minder

Philippe Mottin

as Para Français #1

Michael Rappe

as Para Français #2

Jean-Louis Petit-Paul

as Para Français #3

Remy Nasanga

as Para Français #4

Remy Nkurikiyimana

as Militaire F.A.R. #1

Yassin Sibomana

as Militaire F.A.R. #2

Charles Kayitare

as Militaire F.A.R. #3

Prudence Karambizi

as Milicien chez Manu #1

Eugène Rugwiza

as Milicien chez Manu #2

Jean Rwambomera

as Procureur de la police

Morgane Berenguer

as Coopérante canadienne