The Day God Walked Away
2009 · Movie · 100 min. · Belgium
Set in Rwanda in the spring of 1994, at the outbreak of the genocide. Jacqueline, a young Tutsi woman, is a maid in a Belgian family. When she finds her children brutally murdered by the Hutus, she runs away and hides in the woods. There, she meets a man who has also escaped from the slaughter. Together, they will try to survive with the fear of being discovered at any moment. Terror and madness wait for them at every turn.
Direction Philippe Van Leeuw
Cast Ruth Keza Nirere · Lola Tuyaerts · Afazali Dewaele · Emmanuel Kayitaba · Lætitia Reva · Mariam Mupenzi · Pierrick Le Pochat · Juliette Nsengiyumya · Aphrodice Tuyizere · Pacifique Niyotwizera · Ismael Dusengimana
Screenplay Philippe Van Leeuw
Cinematography Marc Koninckx
Original title Rwanda April 7, 1994 (Le jour ou dieu est parti en voyage)
5.3
124 votes (FilmAffinity)
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