Shooting Dogs (Beyond the Gates)
2005 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom
JOE CONNOR (Hugh Dancy), charismatic and idealistic, is a young man taking a year out. While his friends are backpacking around India or lying on a beach in Thailand, Joe has chosen a "real" experience - teaching in a Rwandan school. He is looking forward to stunning his mates with tales of adventure and life at the sharp end. His enthusiasm for Africa makes him popular with the pupils. To Francois, the school groundsman, Joe is a real friend. The school is headed by Father CHRISTOPHER (John Hurt) an English Roman Catholic priest. Christopher has spent nearly all his working life in Africa. The cycles of violence that he has witnessed over the years, throughout the continent, have made the struggle to keep his faith alive increasingly hard. Now he is wearier than ever, fearing for Rwanda as it sinks deeper and deeper into a mire of ethnic hatred and political corruption. Every evening Joe is on the running track coaching MARIE (Claire-Hope Ashitey), a young Tutsi girl. She is an exceptional talent and Joe sees her as a shining example of a brighter future. But in the Rwanda of April 1994 ethnic tension between Tutsis and Hutus erupts into genocide. Joe's world is turned upside down.
Direction Michael Caton-Jones
Cast John Hurt · Hugh Dancy · Dominique Horwitz · Clare-Hope Ashitey · Louis Mahoney · Nicola Walker · Steve Toussaint · David Gyasi · Victor Power · Jack Pierce · Susan Nalwoga · Musa Kasonka Jr. · Kizito Ssentamu Kayiira
Soundtrack Dario Marianelli
Screenplay David Wolstencroft · Richard Alwyn · David Belton
Cinematography Ivan Strasburg
Original title Shooting Dogs (Beyond the Gates)
7.0
2K votes (FilmAffinity)
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