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Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 28, 2007

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

72%

Original Title

Shake Hands with the Devil

Production Companies

Barna-Alper Productions, Halifax Film Company, Head Gear Films, Seville Productions

Director

Roger Spottiswoode

Budget

$11,000,000

Description

In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.