Rom?o Dallaire, Romeo Dallaire

This film adaptation of the Romeo Dallaire's autobiography "Shake Hands with the Devil" details the personal journey of Dallaire through the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It reveals how the United Nations ig...( read more  read more... )nored Dallaire's request for more aid.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Peter Raymont

Release Date: April 2, 2005

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DVD Release Date: November 24, 2009

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  • December 25, 2008
    this is one i wanna see as well
  • July 19, 2008
    This is a great movie and everyone should see it. The things that the UN let happen in Rwanda are unthinkable.
  • January 24, 2008
    An eye-opening movie that not only taught me a great deal about the UN's role in the Rwandan genocide but also of its effects on Dallaire. I liked the mix of 1994 and current clips.
  • January 21, 2008
    This top notch documentary film just affirmed for me the kind of opportunities that went wasted in "Hotel Rwanda". Hopefully someday mainstream filmmakers will have the fucking balls to follow through in exploring their subjects as thoroughly as they can. I really do believe th...( read more)at without our looking squarely at our own intrinsic darkness, this darkness will always have dominion over us. And a feature film is one of the very best means of doing this, that I know of.
  • October 8, 2007
    A horrifying and moving account of the Rwanda genocide from a first-hand perspective. This is a great companion to Hotel Rwanda, as you can see where the fiction strays from the fact. highly recommended watch.
  • December 29, 2006
    creo que es lo mejor que he visto en mi vida, de verdad que lo pone a uno a reflexionar, a darnos cuenta quienes somos humanos y quienes no!!!!!!!!!!!
  • December 20, 2006
    sounds pretty interesting to me...

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May 13, 2005
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

It gives us a man who could have stopped the carnage -- 800,000 murdered in 100 days -- but whose hands were bound at the highest level. He knows this, it haunts him, and if it doesn't shame you, it s... full review

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