Heartbreaking

Rating: 9/10 (10 August 2013)

I must admit to shamefully sharing most of the western worlds apathy to events in Africa and knew very little if anything about the Rwandan genocide. This film covers a small part of the atrocities that went on in Rwanda and is a real eye opener.
It follows a Hutu man Paul who is the manager of a hotel who houses thousands of Tutsi's to try and save them from being killed by the Hutu militia.
This is a gut wrenching, tense and shocking film that conveys the terror of the Tutsi people left to brutally die and whose fate rested with one ordinary man.
Don Cheadle is magnificent as the hotel manager Paul, in fact it's one of the best performances i've ever seen in a film. There is fine support from Sophie Okonedo and Nick Nolte. Some scenes are quite distressing and it would take a hard heart not to get choked up at some of the scenes.
This is a truly brilliant film and a must watch. If you did enjoy this film then also try and watch 'Shooting Dogs' another film that covers this subject brilliantly.