Shake Hands with the Devil
Drama
History
When the world turned its back, one man stood up.
In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
2007-09-28
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Cast
Director
Roger Spottiswoode
Roy Dupuis as Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire
Owen Sejake as Brigadier General Henry Anyidoho
James Gallanders as Major Brent Beardsley
Michel Ange Nzojibwami as Colonel Théoneste Bagosora
Robert Lalonde as General Maurice Baril
John Matshikiza as President Habyarimana
Deborah Kara Unger as Emma Baker, an American Reporter
Jean-Hugues Anglade as Bernard Kouchner
Akin Omotoso as Major General Paul Kagame
Tom McCamus as Major Phil Lancaster
Mark Antony Krupa as Polish Officer
Philip Akin as Kofi Annan
David Calderisi as Boutros Boutros-Ghali