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Hotel Rwanda
“When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.”
Cast
Don Cheadle
Paul Rusesabagina
Sophie Okonedo
Tatiana Rusesabagina
Nick Nolte
Colonel Oliver
Fana Mokoena
General Bizimungu
Desmond Dube
Dube
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
George Rutaganda
Tony Kgoroge
Gregoire
Cara Seymour
Pat Archer
David O'Hara
David
Joaquin Phoenix
Jack Daglish
Mosa Kaiser
Elys Rusesabagina
Mathabo Pieterson
Diane Rusesabagina
Ofentse Modiselle
Roger Rusesabagina
Xolani Mali
Policeman
Rosie Motene
Receptionist
Neil McCarthy
Jean Jacques
Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole
Head Chef
Jeremiah Ndlovu
Old Guard
Lebo Mashile
Odette
Antonio David Lyons
Thomas Mirama
Synopsis
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.
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