1965

Paul Rusesabagina gestisce l'Hotel des Mille Collines e vive una vita felice con la propria famiglia. Tutto cambia quando le forze militari hutu avviano una campagna di pulizia etnica contro la minoranza tutsi e l'uomo permette a diverse persone che tentano di scappare al genocidio di rifugiarsi nell'albergo. (fonte: Wikipedia)

La storia vera di Paul Rausesabagina, manager di Hotel che nel Rwanda del 1994 ha salvato numerose famiglie Tutsi dalla ferocia delle milizie Hutu nel corso del genocidio.

A hotel manager shelters Rwandan refugees.

Very powerful movie. Great performances. I expected to hate this movie. I expected it to be the kind of movie (like Schindler's List) that makes itself immune to criticism because to speak badly of it would seem insensitive of the subject matter. I expected it to be a movie that had Something To Say more than a story to tell. It is decidedly not that kind of movie. There is some finger wagging in places, but it's an unavoidable byproduct of setting the scene, and I expect that if audiences were expected to know anything about African history/current events, it could have been happily skipped. This isn't a movie about genocide; it's a movie about people caught in the middle of it, trying to cope and survive. If it were purely fictional, it wouldn't be any less effective. It's suspenseful and exciting. And it's extremely depressing, which is why I only give it 4 stars; good as it is, I'm never going to love a movie that makes me feel crappy. I actually had a nightmare last night that people were out to kill me and my family. Not many movies can get into my head like that. ( )

In a word: Powerful. ( )