Sometimes in April (2005) (TV)

Director:

Raoul Peck

Writer (WGA):

Raoul Peck (written by)

Release Date:

19 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Plot:

Debra Winger, Oris Erhuero and Idris Elba star in this drama framed by the Rwandan genocide. |

Plot Keywords:

Genocide | Militia | Rwanda | Swahili | United Nations Mission

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Idris Elba	...	Augustin
Carole Karemera	...	Jeanne
Pamela Nomvete	...	Martine
Oris Erhuero	...	Honoré
Fraser James	...	Xavier
Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga	...	Colonel Bagosora
Cleophas Kabasita	...	Valentine (as Cléophas Kabasiita)
Noah Emmerich	...	Lionel Quaid
Debra Winger	...	Prudence Bushnell
Peninah Abatoni	...	Woman Refugee #1
Ashani Alles	...	Prosecutor
Hope Azeda	...	Brigitte
Théogène Barasa	...	RAF Soldier #1
Dan Barlow	...	Belgian UN Soldier
Johannes Bausch	...	UN Officer #1
Jay Benedict	...	Bushnell's Colleague
Andrew Benon	...	Father Munanira
Paul Boneza	...	RAF Soldier #2
Todd Boyce	...	John
Stephen Buckingham	...	Judge Arusha
Gloria Bugwiza	...	Woman Refugee #2
Charles Bwanika	...	DJ Max
Ismael Gueven Byaruhanga	...	RAF Soldier #3
Philippe Chanel	...	Bushnell's Husband
Tony Curtis	...	Jeffrey Patterson
Ronald Fernee	...	David Rawson
Bonaventure Gasutwa	...	RAF Officer #1
Brian Greene	...	'Hutsi' Journalist
Patty Hannock	...	Lawyer
Jeff Harding	...	Lt. Colonel #1
Willy Marcel Higiro	...	Honoré's Colleague
Ninette Hyringango	...	Secretary Radio RTLM
Alexandre Ikuzo Abia	...	Marcus
Francis Imbuga	...	Priest
Nicholas Jewitt	...	Mr. Vilbur (as Nicolas R. Jewitt)
Isabelle Kabano	...	Felicie
Kaya Kagimumukasa	...	Agathe Uwilingiyimana
Franck Karenzi Semana	...	Prosecutor
Chantal Karungi	...	Woman Refugee #3
Musa Kasonka Jr.	...	Suit #1
Denis Kayonga	...	Mathieu
Abubakar Kawenja	...	Militia Man #1
Hubert Koundé	...	Father Salomon
G. Arnaud Kubwachristo	...	Young Guide
Samuel Kyagambida	...	Militia Lieutenant
Paul Lambers	...	Prosecutor Arusha
Philip Luswata	...	RAF Sergeant #1
Aïssa Maïga	...	Young Militant
Mike Marshall	...	Older Journalist #1
Kintu Martin Oscar	...	RAF Officer #2
Peter McRobbie	...	Bushnell's Superior
Ian Michie	...	White House Spokesman
Assumpta Micho	...	Mathilde
Erick Mitchell	...	Older Journalist #2
David Mitnik	...	UN Soldier #1
Michael Morris	...	Older Journalist #3
Philippe Mottin	...	Belgian UN Officer
Juliana Muganza	...	Anne-Marie's Friend #1
Olivier Muhigirwa	...	RPF Sergeant
Robert Muhirwa	...	RAF Corporal
Anastasie Mukamusonera	...	Old Woman #1
Gaudence Mukarutabana	...	Old Woman #2
Palvin Mukulu	...	Young RPF Soldier
Nadine Munezero	...	Venancia
Jean Bosco Munyanziza	...	RAF Soldier #4
Maxence Murara	...	Judge
Geoffrey Mutagoma	...	'DJ Max' (voice)
Chantal Mutanguha	...	Schoolgirl
John Mutambuka	...	RAF Official
Maureen Mutesi	...	Anne-Marie's Friend #2
Tega Mutimura	...	Anne-Marie's Friend #3
Lyton Namubiru	...	Valerie
Abdallah Nassoro	...	Albert
Muhumed Ndaguze	...	Old Man
Moses Ndahiro	...	RAF Sergeant #2
Adam Ndayisabye	...	RAF Soldier #5
Ben N'Gabo	...	Suit #2
Denis Nsanzamahoro	...	Man In The Car
Sonia Ntare	...	Victorine
Domenic Ntirushwa	...	Gaetan - Valentine's Son
Ramadhan Nzikenera	...	Officer Bagosora
Collin Obomalayat	...	Stand-In Voice Bagosora
Peter Odeke	...	Milita Man #2
Paul Ogaa	...	RAF Soldier #6
Kalisa Rugano	...	Male Refugee
Michelle Rugema	...	Anne-Marie
Grace Rugema	...	Man In Panic
Theogene Runaya Murenzi	...	RPF Soldier (as Théogène Runuya)
Desiré Rurinda	...	RPF Young Soldier's Victim
Albert Rwamihigo	...	Young RPF Lieutenant
André Ryumugabe	...	Killing Farmer
Jean-Pierre Stewart	...	Senior Aid
Tom Tammi	...	Lt. Colonel #2
Déborah Uwera	...	Anne-Marie's Friend #4
Ester Uwizeye	...	Isa
Mulongoyi Wafuma	...	RAF Soldier #7
Robert Walker	...	UN Officer #2
Joseph Walugembe	...	Alphonse
Michael Wawuyo	...	RAF Soldier #8
Derek White	...	Marchal
Arthur Yuhi Abia	...	Yves Andre
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Prudence Bushnell	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Clinton	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brian Williams	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Raoul Peck

Writing credits (WGA)
Raoul Peck		(written by)

Produced by
Kisha Imani Cameron	....	associate producer
Daniel Delume	....	producer
Raoul Peck	....	executive producer
Joel Stillerman	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Bruno Coulais

Cinematography by
Eric Guichard

Film Editing by
Jacques Comets

Casting by
Sylvie Brocheré
Avy Kaufman

Production Design by
Benoît Barouh

Art Direction by
Christophe Couzon

Costume Design by
Paule Mangenot

Makeup Department
Nurith Barkan	....	key makeup artist
Tunga Bazatoha	....	makeup artist
Paul de Fisser	....	key hair stylist
Sylvie Greco	....	additional makeup artist: Paris

Production Management
Michel Loro	....	post-production supervisor
Antonio Rodrigues	....	assistant unit manager: Paris
Janet Fries Eckholm	....	post-production supervisor: Los Angeles (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nicolas Cambois	....	first assistant director
Thierry Guézou	....	third assistant director: Paris
Steve Jaribu Rukongi	....	third assistant director
Achille Rubayi	....	third assistant director
Théogéne Runuya	....	third assistant director
Desmond Serrette	....	third assistant director
Brieuc Vanderswalm	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Ariane Audouard	....	set dresser: Paris
Francesco Avella	....	carpenter: Paris
Ramadhan Butobutoshye	....	property buyer assistant
Michel Charvaz	....	property master
Muriel Chinal	....	prop buyer: Paris
Christophe Couzon	....	first assistant decorator
Charles de Dainville	....	art department trainee: Paris
Xavier Dontot	....	construction manager
Jérémy Duchier	....	set dresser (as Jérémie Duchier)
Denis Duncas	....	set decorating runner: Paris
Michel Escande	....	head carpenter
Christian Giordano	....	head carpenter: Paris
Madjaliwa Hakizimana	....	set dresser assistant
Jean De La Paix Hategekimana	....	painter
Christophe Hervé	....	head painter
Colina Iannolo	....	upholsterer: Paris
Leromain Isabelle	....	lead man: Paris
Gaël Langlais	....	set decorator assistant: Paris
Erwan Leroux	....	head painter: Paris
Jean Sébastien Libakare	....	prop assistant
Michel Mahieu	....	set decorating runner: Paris
Haruna Masumbuko	....	property buyer assistant
Pascal Mugiraneza	....	prop assistant
Jean-Marie N'Kaka	....	property buyer assistant
Jennifer Alex Nickason	....	additional set dresser: Paris
Véronique Ognar	....	art department trainee: Paris
Alfred Rwigamba	....	set dresser assistant
Yohann Saura	....	set decorating runner: Paris
Ismael Sejemba	....	property buyer assistant
Dévi Tirouvanziam	....	art department assistant
Laetitia Umulisa	....	art department secretary
Pascal Vignier	....	prop buyer
Denis Villand	....	carpenter: Paris
Guillaume Zolnierowski	....	prop assistant

Sound Department
Jonathan Acbard	....	boom operator
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Germain Boulay	....	sound editor
Mathieu Descamps	....	trainee adr foley recordist
Eric Devulder	....	sound
Assia Dnednia	....	assistant foley artist (as Assia Zipper)
Rodolphe Duhamel	....	machine room operator
Julien Exposito	....	adr editor
Vincent Guillon	....	sound editor
Jean-Pierre Houël	....	boom operator
Vincent Leguay	....	machine room operator
Fred Mays	....	adr editor
Régis Muller	....	assistant sound editor
Jeanne Oberson	....	dialog editor
Michaël Phelippeau	....	assistant sound editor
Serge Rouquairol	....	adr editor
Len Schmitz	....	sound mixer: Washington D.C.
Florian Thiebaux	....	machine room operator
Stéphane Thiébaut	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pascal Vonhatten	....	machine room operator (as Pascal Von Hatten)
Waldir Xavier	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Clément Bagot	....	special effects technician
Michel Bwami	....	special effects assistant
Stéphane Chauvet	....	special effects technician
Virginie Molin	....	special effects technician
Pascal Molina	....	special effects supervisor
Perrine Poirier	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Luc Augereau	....	visual effects producer
Adrien Borzakian	....	digital artist
Nicolas David	....	visual effects
Berengere Dominguez	....	visual effects coordinator
Christian Rajaud	....	visual effects
Bruno Sommier	....	graphic artist
Jean-Francois Theault	....	digital compositor
Jean-Francois Theault	....	graphic artist
François Vagnon	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Michel Carliez	....	stunt coordinator
Louis-Marie Nyee	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Afchain	....	best boy grip
Roger Arpajou	....	still photographer
Stéphane Assié	....	gaffer: Paris
Philippe Bessy	....	crane operator
Rhett Bloomquist	....	grip: Washington D.C.
Michel Boissy	....	additional electrician: Paris
Christophe Coic	....	additional electrician: Paris
Nasr Djepa	....	focus puller
Alain Dreze	....	additional grip: Paris
Aurélien Dubois	....	electrician
Jason Foster	....	second assistant camera: Washington D.C.
Jean-Pierre Garbin	....	additional electrician: Paris
Valens Habarugira	....	grip
Matthew Hagnery	....	focus puller
André Haidant	....	key grip
Gérard Haidant	....	grip: Paris
David Insley	....	director of photography: second unit
Landry Jourdan	....	generator operator
John Kimmer	....	grip: Washington D.C.
Jason Krebs	....	first assistant camera: Washington D.C.
Mathieu Le Bothlan	....	second assistant camera
Benoit Le Petit	....	grip
Léo Mac Dougall	....	director of photography: second unit
Francis Marti	....	electrician
Alain Martigny	....	electrician
Frédéric Menut	....	additional electrician: Paris
Luc Pallet	....	first assistant camera: additional unit
Julien Richez	....	grip: Paris
Jean-Baptise Rwimira	....	grip
Elliot Sewape	....	gaffer
Herbert Sugira	....	video assist
Christian Vicq	....	gaffer
Jerôme Vimard	....	generator operator: Paris

Casting Department
Nathalie Daniel	....	extras casting: Paris
Jessica Daniels	....	casting associate
Bruno Delahaye	....	casting associate: Rwanda
Iza Irame	....	extras casting assistant
Charles Kabano	....	extras casting assistant
Claude Gilbert Kamba	....	casting assistant
Valérie Le Doze	....	casting assistant
Jenny Mahoro	....	extras casting assistant
Jacques Rutabingwa	....	extras casting assistant
Simon Rwema	....	extras casting assistant
Steve Rwema	....	casting assistant
Sande Sengi	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Camilla Delory	....	wardrobe assistant: Paris
Claire Gascon	....	wardrobe assistant: Paris
Nadège Gaubour	....	wardrobe assistant
Géraldine Mangenot	....	wardrobe assistant
Tina Morel	....	wardrobe assistant: Paris

Editorial Department
Philippe Capelle	....	color timer
Pauline Gaillard	....	assistant editor
Jean-Marc Grégois	....	color timer
Fabien Perniceni	....	editing supporter
Kathy Thomson	....	final color timer

Music Department
P.J. Bloom	....	music supervisor
Bruno Coulais	....	orchestrator
Asen Kanchev	....	music production manager
Maxime Lefevre	....	music mixer
Didier Lizé	....	music mixer
Laurent Petitgirard	....	conductor
Slim Pezin	....	score supervisor

Transportation Department
Eugène Dukuse	....	transportation assistant
Renaud Santos Moro	....	transportation captain
Gilbert Young	....	transportation coordinator: Washington D.C.

Other crew
Hope Azeda	....	acting coach
Dominique Bandet	....	production secretary
Mike Barnes	....	production assistant: Washington D.C.
Marie Barré	....	location scout
Naoufel Ben Youssef	....	unit location manager
Fabien Blondot	....	assistant location manager: Paris
Olivia Bruynoghe	....	script supervisor
Jen Burns	....	assistant: Joel Stillerman
Marc Faye	....	location scout
Landry Jourdan	....	groupman
Catherine Julien	....	production accountant
Aude Lemercier	....	location scout: Paris
Michèle Lemoine	....	assistant: Raoul Peck
Anne-Claire Loridant	....	assistant location manager: Paris
Clémence Léger	....	assistant location manager: Paris
Jenny Marchandeau	....	production accountant
Julien Mariot	....	assistant location manager: Paris
Joseph Martin	....	location manager: Washington D.C.
Olivier Martin	....	assistant unit location manager
Isabelle Mascolo	....	location scout: Paris (as Isabelle De Mascolo)
Laure Monrréal	....	extras coordinator
Diogène Ntarindwa	....	acting coach
Delphine Prothais	....	office production assistant: Paris
Lara Sargent	....	production accountant: UK
Malcolm Serrette	....	production assistant: Washington D.C.
Nicolas Sislian	....	armorer
Rebecca Thornell	....	script clearance
Karen Tyrell	....	publicist
Archange Uwantege	....	production accountant
Drew Vandervelde	....	production coordinator: Washington D.C.
Natasha Williams	....	production assistant: Washington D.C.
Jody Yeager	....	pre-production accountant: US
Jonathan Zurer	....	producer: Washington D.C.

Thanks
Paul Kagame	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• CINEFACTO
• HBO Films
• Velvet Film (production company)
• thinkfilm (Washington DC scenes)

Distributors

• HBO Films (USA)

Special Effects

• Excalibur (digital effects)
• L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.) (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Car Grip Films  grip equipment
• Cinésyl  grip equipment
• D.C. Audiovisuel  sound re-recording
• Les Auditoriums de Joinville  adr
• M.O. Pour Mot  adr editing
• Maratier  weapons
• Panavision Alga  camera equipment provided by
• Sound One Corporation  adr
• Studio Guillaume Tell  music mixing studio
• Transpalux  lighting

Also Known As:

Runtime:

140 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English | Kinyarwanda

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | UK:15 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Kigali, Rwanda

Company:

CINEFACTO

Quotes:

'Hutsi' Journalist:These rebels, are they Tutu or Hutsi?
Prudence Bushnell:[Frustrated at his ignorance] Hutu and Tutsi!
'Hutsi' Journalist:Which ones are the good guys?

Movie Connections:

Features The Great Dictator (1940)

Soundtrack:

I'm A Man

Worthy

"Sometimes in April" attempts to tell the story of the 1994 wholesale slaughter of about 800,000 mostly innocent people during the 100 day national ordeal when the top blew off the powder keg which Rwanda, Africa had become. This film of civil war and genocide focuses on one man, Augustin (Elba), a Rwandan soldier and his extended family as it jumps around in location and time using his story to connect the dots. Although this HBO docudrama makes a satisfactory dramatic watch, is asks more questions than it answers and leaves one wondering, among other things, how it is possible that so many helpless and innocent people could be savagely murdered by their own countrymen. The historical background and Rwandan zeitgeist are not sufficiently presented but the brutality of the horrific genocide perpetrated by the Hutus upon the Tutsis and Hutu moderates, stands out in bold relief. Snapshots of US State Department bureaucrat Prudence Bushnell's (Winger) frustration with her own government's slow reaction to the crisis and the seemingly inadequate UN war crimes tribunals only hint at the problems associated with intervention in civil strife and prosecution of war criminals. Overall, the film is a worthwhile entertaining and educational watch with language, violence, sex/rape thoughtfully maintained at a level which would probably yield about a PG-13 rating. (B)