A Sunday in Kigali

Synopsis

In April 1994, the middle-aged Canadian journalist Bernard Valcourt is making a documentary in Kigali about AIDS. He secretly falls in love for the Tutsi waitress of his hotel Gentille, who is younger than him, in a period of violent racial conflicts. When the genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda begins, Bernard does not succeed in escaping with Gentille to Canada. When the genocide finishes in July 1994, Bernard returns to the chaotic Kigali seeking out Gentille in the middle of destruction and dead bodies.

Cast

Luc Picard

Bernard Valcourt

Fatou N'Diaye

Gentille

Céline Bonnier

Élise

Luck Mervil

Raphaël

Maka Kotto

Manu

Fayolle Jean

Victor

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Léonce Ngabo

Maurice

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Jean-Chris Banange Semutakirwa

Modeste

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Erwin Weche

D.J. Rock

Mireille Metellus

Agathe

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Natasha Muziramakenga

Émerita

Guy Thauvette

Général Roméo Dallaire

Luc Proulx

Père Louis

Geneviève Brouillette

Madame la Consule

Louise Laparé

Francine

Vincent Bilodeau

Père Cardinal

Alexis Martin

Lamarre

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Eric Kabanda

Cyprien

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Valentin Utaruhijimana

Célestin

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Johanna Ingabiré

Désirée

Crew

Art

• André-Line Beauparlant Production Design

Camera

• Pierre Mignot Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Michèle Hamel Costume Designer
• Marie-Angèle Protat Makeup Artist

Directing

• Robert Favreau Director

Editing

• Hélène Girard Editor

Production

• Michel Mosca Producer
• Lyse Lafontaine Producer

Sound

• Jorane Original Music Composer
• Benoît Leduc Sound
• Hans Peter Strobl Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Jo Caron Sound
• Marie-Claude Gagné Sound Effects Editor
• Claude La Haye Sound Recordist
• Marie-Claude Gagné Sound Recordist

Writing

• Gil Courtemanche Screenplay
• Robert Favreau Screenplay