Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Don Cheadle | ... | Paul Rusesabagina | |
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Xolani Mali | ... | Policeman |
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Desmond Dube | ... | Dube |
Hakeem Kae-Kazim | ... | George Rutaganda | |
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Tony Kgoroge | ... | Gregoire |
Rosie Motene | ... | Receptionist | |
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Neil McCarthy | ... | Jean Jacques |
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Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole | ... | Head Chef (as Kid Sithole) |
Nick Nolte | ... | Colonel Oliver | |
Fana Mokoena | ... | General Bizimungu | |
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Jeremiah Ndlovu | ... | Old Guard |
Sophie Okonedo | ... | Tatiana Rusesabagina | |
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Lebo Mashile | ... | Odette |
Antonio David Lyons | ... | Thomas Mirama | |
Leleti Khumalo | ... | Fedens |
1994. In Rwanda, the classification of the native population into Hutus and Tutsis, arbitrarily done by the colonial Belgians, is now ingrained within Rwandan mentality despite the Rwandan independence. Despite the Belgians having placed the Tutsis in a higher position during the Belgian rule, they have placed the majority Hutus in power after independence. Paul Rusesabagina, a Hutu married to a Tutsi, Tatiana Rusesabagina, is the House Manager of the Hotel Des Milles Collines in Kigali. The Milles Collines, owned by Sabena (the national airline of Belgium), is a four-star hotel catering primarily to wealthy white westerners. Paul, who knows how to work the system to run the hotel effectively for its guests and for Sabena, is proud that most of the Caucasians who he meets in this professional capacity treat him with respect. After a specific incident, the relative calm between the Tutsi guerrillas and government-backed Hutu militia takes a turn. Paul's thought that the native ... Written by Huggo
I was fortunate to see it at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Hotel Rwanda starred Don Cheadle and was directed by Terry George. It's based on a true event, about Paul Rusesabagina, a Hutu who worked at four star hotel in Kigali. When the war broke out he thought of only saving his immediate family but as he saw what was happening he opened the hotel to Tutsi and Hutus seeking refuge from the killing. He used all the favours he had stored as manager of the hotel and basically saved over a thousand lives. This will be the next Schindler's list. When the film was over, there was a standing ovation. Don Cheadle was excellent as an ordinary man forced to do extra-ordinary things. Paul Rusesabagina and his family attended the screening and he received a five minute standing ovation. Even Michael Moore came to see this movie. I highly recommend it. 9/10.