Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Name: Hotel Rwanda
Released: 2004
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Fana Mokoena, Joaquin Phoenix

• Movies, Drama, History, War

• 121 min

7.7

When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.

Directed by: Terry George
Casting: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Fana Mokoena, Joaquin Phoenix, Jean Reno, Desmond Dube, Ofentse Modiselle, Mathabo Pieterson, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Tony Kgoroge, Lebo Mashile, Antonio David Lyons, Leleti Khumalo, Neil McCarthy, Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole, Jeremiah Ndlovu, Mosa Kaiser, David O'Hara, Lennox Mathabathe, Mothusi Magano, Simo Mogwaza, Cara Seymour, Roberto Citran, Mduduzi Mabaso, Harriet Lenabe, Xolani Mali, Rosie Motene
Countries: Italy, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America
Premiere: 2004-12-22
Status: Released

Tags: rwanda, refugee, refugee camp, militia, rwandan genocide, murder, slaughter, dead body, atrocity, african, cruelty, genocide, united nations, death, angry, aggressive, desperate, malicious, cautionary, factual, antagonistic, authoritarian, callous, commanding, foreboding, ominous

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.