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The Day God Walked Away
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Wikipedia article
'The Day God Walked Away' is 'a' 2009 Franco-Belgian drama film on the fate of women in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It was directed by Philippe Van Leeuw
Plot
Jacqueline is a domestic worker from the Tutsi minority working for a Belgian family in Rwanda. Since the family is being evacuated by the UN, the only place they can hide is in the attic. The entire house is looted while acts of violence against the Tutsis can be heard outside. Jacqueline risks her life while she manages to escape. Arriving in her own house, she finds her two children murdered. She flees to take refuge in the jungle.
On the riverbank she finds a wounded man. She cleans his wounds and gives him water, and they make food together. Jacqueline is seen by a group of men in the woods. She saves herself by getting into a pond, but a young man is waiting on the bank to kill her. Her assailant is killed by the wounded man and he rescues Jacqueline from the pool. The wounded man tries to build a shelter in the jungle but Jacqueline destroys it, and runs to the village where she collapses.
Cast
* Ruth Nirere Shanel as Jacqueline
* Afazali Dewaele as wounded man
Awards
* New Directors Award San Sebastin International Film Festival.
* Grand Prize Bratislava International Film Festival, 2009.
* Best Actress Award for Ruth Nirere Shanel Bratislava International Film Festival, 2009.
* Best Actress Award for Ruth Nirere Shanel Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2009.
* Discovery Prize Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, 2009.
* FACE Prize (European Union Human Rights Award) Istanbul IFF 2010.
* Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress for Ruth Nirere Shanel Nairobi KIFF 2010.
References
Category:2009 films
Category:Rwandan genocide films
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