Release Date: December 22nd, 2004
DVD Release Date: April 12th, 2005
PG-13 |2 hr 1 min
Plot SummaryPaul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle), a Hutu, manages the Hôtel des Mille Collines and lives a happy life with his Tutsi wife (Sophie Okonedo) and their three children. But when Hutu military forces initiate a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Tutsi minority, Paul is compelled to allow refugees to take shelter in his hotel. As the U.N. pulls out, Paul must struggle alone to protect the Tutsi refugees in the face of the escalating violence later known as the Rwandan genocide.
Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte, Desmond Dube, David O'Hara, Fana Mokoena, Mothusi Magano
Director: Terry George
Genres: Drama
Production Co: United Artists
Distributors: United Artists
Keywords: Escape, Marriage, Suspenseful, Moving, Wife, 1990s, Sacrifice
