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Shooting Dogs is a 2005 drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. The movie features John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Clare-Hope Ashitey, and David Gyasi. It originates from the United Kingdom and Germany and is presented in English. The narrative is set in Africa and focuses on the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi. The film was distributed by IFC Films and Netflix via video on demand.
The runtime is 115 minutes. Dario Marianelli composed the music. The tagline asks what one would risk to make a difference. Keywords associated with the film include destruction of a civilization, rape, civil war, Hutu, and Tutsi. It has received a review score of 84% and 71/100. The IMDb rating is 7.6, while the TMDb vote average is 7.491.
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Film · TMDB
7.5Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Cast
- John Hurt as Christopher
- Hugh Dancy as Joe Connor
- Dominique Horwitz as Capitaine Charles Delon
- Nicola Walker as Rachel
- David Gyasi as François
- Steve Toussaint as Roland
Themes
- destruction of a civilization
- rape
- civil war
- hutu
- tutsi
- rwandan genocide
- inhumanity
- aggression
- coup d'etat
- vandalism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- 1994 Genocide against Tutsi
- Director
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Cast member
- Steve Toussaint
- Composer
- Dario Marianelli
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 824231
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2007-05-17
- title
- Shooting Dogs
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 71/100
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