Shake Hands with the Devil

Overview

In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode

Top cast

Roy Dupuis

Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire

Owen Sejake

Brigadier General Henry Anyidoho

James Gallanders

Major Brent Beardsley

Michel Ange Nzojibwami

Colonel Théoneste Bagosora

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Michel Mongeau

Colonel Luc Marchal

Robert Lalonde

General Maurice Baril

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John Sibi-Okumu

Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh

John Matshikiza

President Habyarimana

Deborah Kara Unger

Emma Baker, an American Reporter

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Odile Katesi Gakire

Prime Minister Agathe

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Bernard Kouchner

Akin Omotoso

Major General Paul Kagame

Tom McCamus

Major Phil Lancaster

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Strini Pillai

Bangladeshi Commander

C

Craig Hourquebie

Willem

K

Kenneth Kambule

Major Kamenzi

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Patrice Faye

Colonel Poncet

Mark Antony Krupa

Polish Officer

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Chris Thorne

American Ambassador

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Intore Masamba

Marcel

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