Shooting Dogs (film)

Shooting Dogs (film) aka Beyond the Gates (film) US is a 2005 film starring John Hurt and Hugh Dancy. It is set in Rwanda at the start of the conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes. It was released in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2006.

Cast (credited)

John Hurt Christopher

Hugh Dancy Joe Connor
Dominique Horwitz Capitaine Charles Delon

Louis Mahoney Sibomana

Nicola Walker Rachel

Steve Toussaint Roland

David Gyasi François
Susan Nalwoga Edda
Victor Power Julius
Jack Pierce Mark
Musa Kasonka Jr. Boniface
Kizito Ssentamu Kayiira Pierre
Clare-Hope Ashitey Marie

Crew

Director Michael Caton-Jones

Writers David Wolstencroft screenplay
Richard Alwyn (story) David Belton (story)

Original Music Dario Marianelli Cinematography Ivan Strasburg Editing Christian Lonk Casting Anja Dihrberg
Karen Lindsay-Stewart Production Design Bertram Strauß Art Direction Astrid Sieben Set Decoration Dagmar Wessel Costume Design Dinah Collin

Plot Summary

In April 1994, after the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda is shot down, the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, the Catholic priest Christopher (Hurt) and the idealistic English teacher Joe Connor (Dancy) lodge two thousand and five hundred Rwandans refugees, under the protection of the Belgian UN force and under siege by Hutu militia. When the Tutsi refugees are abandoned by the UN, they are murdered by the extremist militia. They must now choose whether to stay with the thousands of Tutsis about to be massacred or to flee for safety.

Awards

1 win Heartland Film Festival 2006 Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature

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