Shooting Dogs (film)
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Shooting Dogs (film) aka Beyond the Gates (film) US is a 2005 film starring John Hurt and Hugh Dancy. It is set in Rwanda at the start of the conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes. It was released in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2006.
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[edit] Cast (credited)
John Hurt Christopher
Hugh Dancy Joe Connor
Dominique Horwitz Capitaine Charles Delon
Louis Mahoney Sibomana
Nicola Walker Rachel
Steve Toussaint Roland
David Gyasi François
Susan Nalwoga Edda
Victor Power Julius
Jack Pierce Mark
Musa Kasonka Jr. Boniface
Kizito Ssentamu Kayiira Pierre
Clare-Hope Ashitey Marie
[edit] Crew
Director Michael Caton-Jones
Writers David Wolstencroft screenplay Richard Alwyn (story) David Belton (story)
Original Music Dario Marianelli
Cinematography Ivan Strasburg
Editing Christian Lonk
Casting Anja Dihrberg Karen Lindsay-Stewart
Production Design Bertram Strauß
Art Direction Astrid Sieben
Set Decoration Dagmar Wessel
Costume Design Dinah Collin
[edit] Plot Summary
In April 1994, after the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda is shot down, the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, the Catholic priest Christopher (Hurt) and the idealistic English teacher Joe Connor (Dancy) lodge two thousand and five hundred Rwandans refugees, under the protection of the Belgian UN force and under siege by Hutu militia. When the Tutsi refugees are abandoned by the UN, they are murdered by the extremist militia. They must now choose whether to stay with the thousands of Tutsis about to be massacred or to flee for safety.
[edit] Awards
1 win Heartland Film Festival 2006 Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature
