Hotel Rwanda

Name: Hotel Rwanda

Released: 2004

Genre: Drama

Director: Terry George

Cast: Don Cheadle, Xolani Mali, Desmond Dube, Sophie Okonedo, Tony Kgoroge, Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Plot: This movie takes place in Rwanda and it’s about the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 between the Tutsi and Hutu. Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) owns a local hotel with his wife Tatiana. Paul is Hutu, but his wife is Tutsi, and that was not usual nor accepted in Rwanda at that time, so the couple, their kids and their friends get into a great deal of trouble.

My thoughts: It was a while since I saw this movie, so my memory is a little blurry. But I do remember the feeling I had throughout the whole movie. The feeling of pure disgust against mankind. The confusion I felt when I realized that there actually exist people who kill other only because they are born into the wrong families. The hatred I felt against those grownups killing children simply becuase their father and mother are Tutsi. And also, their was a feeling I can’t describe. But there was something about that movie. To use a cliché, I don’t know what It is, but that movie had It!

Grade: 10/10 – This movie shows, without exaggerating, the full potential of human evil. This movie is touching, this movie is serious, this movie is fun, this movie is brilliant! If you haven’t seen it, you absolutely must! I know the cover looks like a snooze-fest, but believe me when I say that you do not want to miss this movie!