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Our Lady of the Nile (2019 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
|name = Our Lady of the Nile
|native_name =
|image =
|caption = Film poster
|director = Atiq Rahimi
|producer = Charlotte Casiraghi
Marie Legrand
Rani Massalha
Dimitri Rassam
|writer = Atiq Rahimi
Ramata-Toulaye Sy
|based_on = 'Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame du Nil)' by Scholastique Mukasonga
|starring = Amanda Mugabezaki
Albina Kirenga
Malaika Uwamahoro
|editing = Herv de Luze
|music =
|cinematography = Thierry Arbogast
| released =
| runtime = 93 minutes
| language = French, Kinyarwanda
| studio = Les Films du Tambour
Chapter 2
France 2 Cinma
Swoon Productions
Belga Productions
| country = France
Belgium
Rwanda
Monaco
}}
'Our Lady of the Nile' is a 2019 film directed by Atiq Rahimi. An adaptation of the novel 'Our Lady of the Nile' by Rwandan writer Scholastique Mukasonga, the film is set in Rwanda in 1973, amid the beginning of the tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples that would eventually culminate in the Rwandan genocide.
Plot
Set in pre-genocide Rwanda, the film tells how the genocide is experienced from the perspective of Hutu and Tutsi teenage girls from Our Lady of the Nile, an elite Catholic boarding school.
Cast
* Veronica (Clariella Bizimana)
* Virginia (Amanda Santa Mugabekazi)
* Monsieur Fontenaille (Pascal Greggory)
* Gloriosa (Albina Kirenga)
* Modesta (Belinda Rubango)
Awards
2020 Berlin International Film Festival, Winner: Crystal Bear (Generation 14plus) Best Film
Festivals
* 2019 Toronto Film Festival (where it premiered)
* 2019. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
* 2020, Giffoni Film Festival
* 2020, Cinemania
* 2020 Africa in Motion
* 2020, So Paulo International Film Festival
* 2020, Fribourg International Film Festival
* 2020, Seville European Film Festival
* 2020, Palm Springs International Film Festival
* 2020, Haifa International Film Festival
* 2020, Luxor African Film Festival
* 2021, Adelaide Film Festival
* 2021, New York African Film Festival
* Darwin Film Festival
* Marrakech International Film Festival
References
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