| Shake Hands with the Devil | |
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| Directed by | Roger Spottiswoode |
| Written by | Roméo Dallaire (book) Michael Donovan |
| Produced by | Laszlo Barna Michael Donovan |
| Starring | Roy Dupuis Deborah Unger James Gallanders Michel-Ange Nzojibwami Owen Lebakeng Sejake Jean-Hugues Anglade Michel Mongeau Tom McCamus |
| Cinematography | Miroslaw Baszak |
| Edited by | Michel Arcand Louis-Martin Paradis |
| Music by | David Hirschfelder |
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| Distributed by | Seville Pictures |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English[1] French |
| Budget | C$11 million[1] |
Shake Hands with the Devil is a 2007 Canadian war drama film starring Roy Dupuis as Roméo Dallaire, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in August 2007. Based on Dallaire's autobiographical book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, the film recounts Dallaire's harrowing personal journey during the 1994 Rwandan genocide and how the United Nations didn’t heed Dallaire's urgent pleas for further assistance to halt the massacre.[1]
The film received 12 nominations at the 28th Genie Awards and tied with the film Eastern Promises for most nominations.[2][3]
- ^ a b c Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) at IMDb.
- ^ Maria Kubacki (2008-01-29). "Violent mobsters, Alzheimer's and genocide: It's Canadian cinema!". National Post. Retrieved 2008-01-30.[dead link]
- ^ Etan Vlessing (2008-01-29). ""Promises," "Devil" each nab 12 Genie nominations". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-01-30.