72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Le jour où Dieu est parti en voyage

Philippe Van Leeuw
Belgium
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Kigali, the first day of the genocide. Rwandans are massacring each other and Westerners are fleeing the country. Jacqueline, a young Tutsi nanny for a Belgian family, finds herself abandoned. Hiding in the ceiling, she manages to escape the killers. Meanwhile, back in her village, her children are slaughtered. Chased, hunted down, she takes refuge in the forest. Coming across a wounded man, she cares for him and saves his life, feeling devastated despite the efforts of her grateful companion to cheer her up. Having lost everything, including her faith, she only has one idea in mind: to end it all.
Director
Philippe Van Leeuw
Screenplay
Philippe Van Leeuw
Photography
Marc Koninckx
Edition
Andrée Davanture
Music
Shanel
Cast
Ruth Keza Nirere, Lola Tuyaerts, Afazali Dawaele
Running Time
100 m.
Country
Belgium
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