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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
David Wolstencroft (screenplay)
Richard Alwyn (story) ...
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Release Date:
8 December 2005 (Portugal) more
Tagline:
1994, 800,000 killed in 100 days. Would you risk your life to make a difference? more
Plot:
In April 1994, after the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda is shot down, the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
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(From Rotten Tomatoes. 5 August 2009, 8:01 PM, PDT)
Casting bites: Colin Firth, Kevin Spacey
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Deeply moving more (43 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | John Hurt | ... | Christopher |
 | Hugh Dancy | ... | Joe Connor |
 | Dominique Horwitz | ... | Capitaine Charles Delon |
| Louis Mahoney | ... | Sibomana |
| Nicola Walker | ... | Rachel |
 | Steve Toussaint | ... | Roland |
 | David Gyasi | ... | François |
| Susan Nalwoga | ... | Edda |
| Victor Power | ... | Julius |
| Jack Pierce | ... | Mark |
| Musa Kasonka Jr. | ... | Boniface |
| Kizito Ssentamu Kayiira | ... | Pierre |
| Clare-Hope Ashitey | ... | Marie |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Beyond the Gates (USA)
Shooting Dogs (Argentina) (cable TV title) [es]
Shooting Dogs (France) [fr]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images and language.
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115 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:18 | Ireland:15A | Netherlands:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/12 | USA:R | Germany:12 | USA:Unrated (DVD) | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | UK:15
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The characters are fictional but the events are not. Parts of the film were shot at Ecole Technique Officielle (ETO), a high school in Kigali, where the actual events took place. The title of the film comes from the fact that UN peacekeepers used to shoot local dogs that fed on the decomposing bodies of the genocide victims. more
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Factual errors: Throughout the movie, the Belgian Captain wears the insignia of a Sergeant (three white lines). more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-03-10)" (2007) more
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Nyirigira more
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It is rare to see a film that has as great an impact as Shooting Dogs. The shocking story of the massacres in Rwanda is told in a setting that is both personal and global.
Great acting, a fine script and good pace... a level of craftsmanship worthy of the magnitude of the subject of this film.
On rare occasions, a story is so shattering it needs only to be toned down for audiences to take it all in. This true story needed to be told, and for us to hear it. Hopefully, after seeing this movie, you will not be as pessimistic about the future of Central Africa as I've become.
The closing credits are well worth sticking around for.