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Munyurangabo (2007)

Munyurangabo poster
Directed by
Lee Isaac Chung
Genre
drama
Country
Rwanda
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two young Rwandan friends travel through the countryside. One is seeking a man who killed his parents. They confront the legacy of the genocide.

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What happens

Munyurangabo is a 2007 drama film directed by Lee Isaac Chung. Filmed entirely in Rwanda with local actors, it is the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May and won the Grand Prize at the 2007 AFI Fest. American critic Roger Ebert called it "in every frame a beautiful and powerful film — a masterpiece." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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