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Actors: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Cara Seymour, Desmond Dube
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Hotel Rwanda |
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In 1994 in the central African state of Rwanda, approximately one million people, men, women, children and babies, were horrifically murdered by a savage and uncontrolled militia. It was an ethnic war, genocide, in which no one but a Rwandan could possibly have known who was who and why it was happening. The world stood by and let it happen. The foreigners fled, the UN did little.
Amidst all the carnage and mayhem, one man, Paul Rusesabagina (marvellously portrayed by Cheadle), who had the very unheroic job of Assistant Hotel Manager, saved well over one thousand two hundred people from certain death by taking them into his hotel, and using his wits and his connections to keep the militia at bay and play one side off against the other, mostly with a combination of booze and Cuban cigars. What started as an attempt to save just his own family, ended up in total heroism, and many, many people owe him their lives.
By focusing on the emotions and relationships of the central characters, the movie accurately depicts the terror of the events, with surprisingly little recourse to blood and explicit gore.
--Maggie, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Hotel Rwanda |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Black
Culture of surrounding area:
- African Black
Kind of conflict:
- war, Civil
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an entire race
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Setting
Africa
Yes
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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