Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (2004)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Peter Raymont

Writer:

Roméo Dallaire (book)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

The story of Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire, and his controversial command of the United Nations mission to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. |

Plot Keywords:

Genocide | United Nations Mission | Rwanda | United Nations | Africa

Awards:

6 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Roméo Dallaire

...

Himself (as Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire)

Also Known As:

J'ai serré la main du diable - Roméo Dallaire (Canada: French title)
Shake Hands with the Devil (Australia) (DVD title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Iceland:12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Rwanda

Company:

White Pine Pictures

Trivia:

Robert Redford personally came to the film's opening at the Sundance Film Festival and introduced the film. At the end he said that this documentary is the type of film he created Sundance for in the first place. Source:

Open, honest, and moving

There is so much tragedy that takes place in the world involving the military and others involved in physical conflict, yet it is rare that a soldier comes forward to tell the truth. In Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire, we are lucky to have not just a soldier, but a leader who took so much responsibility for the Rwandan genocide onto himself explaining through word and deed what happened there, and its meaning. This is a wonderful documentary, and a moving story about an honest man's quest to understand the difficulty and horror he experienced. It is impossible not to be emotionally moved by Dallaire's story, and the well-crafted way in which it is told.