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Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Roy Dupuis, Owen Sejake, James Gallanders, Michel Ange Nzojibwami
7.6
50%Runtime112 min
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In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
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Shake Hands with the Devil, directed by Roger Spottiswoode in 2007, provides a powerful and haunting dramatization of the Rwandan genocide through the eyes of Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire, portrayed by Roy Dupuis. With its focus on the moral dilemmas and challenges faced by UN peacekeepers, this film offers a thought-provoking exploration of the limits of international intervention in the face of mass atrocity.
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Shake Hands with the Devil is a 2007 Canadian biographical war drama film starring Roy Dupuis as Roméo Dallaire, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in August 2007. Based on Dallaire's autobiographical book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, the film recounts Dallaire's harrowing personal journey during the 1994 Rwandan genocide and how the United Nations didn’t heed Dallaire's urgent pleas for further assistance to halt the massacre.
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