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What would you risk to make a difference? - Shooting Dogs
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Title: Shooting Dogs

Release Date: 8 Mar 2006

Runtime: 1h 55m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: CrossDay Productions, BBC Film, Egoli Tossell Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Invicta Capital, UK Film Council, ZDF, ARTE

Production Companies: CrossDay Productions, BBC Film, Egoli Tossell Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Invicta Capital, UK Film Council, ZDF, ARTE

Overview: Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.422 (147 votes)

Cast

  • Christopher: John Hurt
  • Joe Connor: Hugh Dancy
  • Capitaine Charles Delon: Dominique Horwitz
  • Rachel: Nicola Walker
  • François: David Gyasi
  • Roland: Steve Toussaint
  • Marie: Clare-Hope Ashitey
  • Edda: Susan Nalwoga
  • Julius: Victor Power
  • Mark: Victor Power
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