The Day God Walked Away

  • France Le Jour où Dieu est parti en voyage
France / Belgium, 2009, 100 min

Directed by:

Philippe Van Leeuw

Screenplay:

Philippe Van Leeuw

Cinematography:

Marc Koninckx

Cast:

Ruth Nirere
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Kigali, the first day of the genocide. Rwandans are massacring each other and Westerners are fleeing the country. Jacqueline, a young Tutsi nanny for a Belgian family, finds herself abandoned. Hiding in the ceiling, she manages to escape the killers. Meanwhile, back in her village, her children are slaughtered. Hunted and persecuted, she takes refuge in the forest. Kutxa-New Directors Award at San Sebastian Film Festival in 2009. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)

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