Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)
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| Directed by | Roger Spottiswoode |
| Produced by | Laszlo Barna Michael Donovan |
| Written by |
Roméo Dallaire (book) Michael Donovan |
| Starring |
Roy Dupuis Deborah Unger James Gallanders Michel-Ange Nzojibwami Owen Lebakeng Sejake Jean-Hugues Anglade Michel Mongeau Tom McCamus |
| Music by | David Hirschfelder |
| Cinematography | Miroslaw Baszak |
| Edited by | Michel Arcand Louis-Martin Paradis |
| Distributed by |
Seville Pictures Regent Releasing DHX Media |
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113 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | C$11 million |
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 failed to heed Dallaire's urgent pleas for further assistance to halt the massacre.
The film received 12 nominations at the 28th Genie Awards and tied with the film Eastern Promises for most nominations.
A co-production of Barna-Alper Productions, of Toronto, and Halifax Film Company, of Nova Scotia, the movie was directed by Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies, And the Band Played On) and filmed in part on location in Kigali, Rwanda, from mid-June to early August 2006 before returning to Halifax for its "final shoot."
A press conference concerning the film, with Dallaire, Dupuis, Spottiswoode, the producers Laszlo Barna (Barna-Alper) and Michael Donovan (Halifax), as well as Wayne Clarkson of Telefilm Canada, occurred in Montréal on June 2, 2006.
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