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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

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.