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Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 22, 2004

Runtime

2h 1m

Genres

Drama, History, War

User Score

77%

Original Title

Hotel Rwanda

Production Companies

Lionsgate, United Artists, The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition of South Africa, Miracle Pictures, Seamus, Inside Track, Kiagli Releasing, Mikado Film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Terry George

Budget

$17,500,000

Revenue

$38,000,000

Description

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.