Synopsis
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
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Cast
- Don CheadlePaul Rusesabagina
- Sophie OkonedoTatiana Rusesabagina
- Nick NolteColonel Oliver
- Fana MokoenaGeneral Bizimungu
- Joaquin PhoenixJack Daglish
- Jean RenoSabena Airlines President, Mr. Tillens
- Desmond DubeDube
- Ofentse ModiselleRoger Rusesabagina
- Mathabo PietersonDiane Rusesabagina
- Hakeem Kae-KazimGeorge Rutaganda
Recommandations
- 90
The Hollywood Reporter
Cheadle impressively carries the entire picture, delivering the kind of note-perfect performance that's absolutely deserving of Oscar consideration. - 90
The New Yorker
The film turns into a triumph for Don Cheadle, who never steps outside the character for emotional grandstanding or easy moralism. - 90
Time
It is a powerful portrait of a slightly befuddled man who, when inhuman demands were placed on him, found within himself an unexpected response. - 80
L.A. Weekly
Hotel Rwanda, based on real lives and events, aims unequivocally to break your heart. - 80
Newsweek
Ultimately, one's reservations are overwhelmed by the story's urgency; it's impossible not to be shattered. - 75
Rolling Stone
George has been criticized for simplifying a complex story into an African "Schindler's List." But despite flaws in execution, this is a film of rare courage and imperishable heart. - 70
Variety
The genocide of some one million Rwandan Tutsis by their Hutu neighbors remains a disgraceful and too-little-known episode in recent world history. Alas, Terry George's ineffectual Hotel Rwanda only partly rectifies that problem, taking what ought to have been a complex, powerful inquiry and simplifying it to a story about the resilience of the human spirit. - 70
Village Voice
It's a gut-twisting story handled, largely and predictably, with asbestos mitts.
