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Munyurangabo

  • 20072007
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 37m
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Munyurangabo (2007)
A study of two Rwandan teenagers in their village.
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From opposing ethnicities, Ngabo and Sangwa are tested when old-timers warn, "Hutus and Tutsis should not be friends." An intense and inspiring portrait of youth in Rwanda, 'Munyurangabo' fe... Read allFrom opposing ethnicities, Ngabo and Sangwa are tested when old-timers warn, "Hutus and Tutsis should not be friends." An intense and inspiring portrait of youth in Rwanda, 'Munyurangabo' features Poet Laureate Edouard Uwayo delivering a moving poem about his healing country. Rwa... Read allFrom opposing ethnicities, Ngabo and Sangwa are tested when old-timers warn, "Hutus and Tutsis should not be friends." An intense and inspiring portrait of youth in Rwanda, 'Munyurangabo' features Poet Laureate Edouard Uwayo delivering a moving poem about his healing country. Rwanda. Kinyarwanda with English subtitles.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
755
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POPULARITY
65,066
862
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    • Director
      • Lee Isaac Chung
    • Writers
      • Samuel Gray Anderson
      • Lee Isaac Chung
    • Stars
      • Jeff Rutagengwa
      • Eric Ndorunkundiye
      • Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Lee Isaac Chung
    • Writers
      • Samuel Gray Anderson
      • Lee Isaac Chung
    • Stars
      • Jeff Rutagengwa
      • Eric Ndorunkundiye
      • Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka
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    • 7User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 5 nominations

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    Jeff Rutagengwa
    • Munyurangabo
    Eric Ndorunkundiye
    • Sangwa
    Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka
    • Papa Sangwa
    Jean Pierre Harerimana
    • Gwiza
    Narcicia Nyirabucyeye
    • Mama Sangwa
    Edouard B. Uwayo
    • Poet
    Jean-Pierre Aimé Harerimana
    • Gwiza
    • (as Jean Pierre Harerimana)
    Pierre Claver Kayitsinga
    • Killer
    Etienne Rugazora
    • Father of Munyurangabo
    • Director
      • Lee Isaac Chung
    • Writers
      • Samuel Gray Anderson
      • Lee Isaac Chung
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    • Trivia
      This is the first dramatic feature in the Kinyarwanda language.
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      Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Big Screen, Bigger Problems (2020)

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    8/10
    The promise of permanent reconciliation in Rwanda
    According to the director, the film is the product of a movie making course he taught in Rwanda. The result is a fine, unpretentious and heartfelt movie that has a feel of authenticity.

    Almost anything Rwanda is today seen through the stain of the 1994 genocide. The memory of that awful event is a core component of the narrative, though it insinuates itself into the plot slowly.

    A particularly memorable moment near the end is a declamation of a poem. Because it is long, you should prepare yourself for concentrated attention. Don't miss a word and at the same time hear the rhythmic musicality of the lines. It's an encapsulation of Rwanda and its hope for the future. Powerful and moving. Kudos to the director for including it.

    Apparently it is the author of the poem himself that faces us. Not surprisingly he knows the poem by heart and gives it to us fast and furious while his face alternates smiles with melancholic looks, an apt expression to go with what the poem is saying.

    The title of the film is explained at the end but a perceptive viewer may pick up the connection early on. Think nickname.

    Separating Tutsis from Hutus is not crucial, but those who followed the events of the genocide in the press and acquired a feel for the racial differences between the two groups may sense the underlying tensions between the characters earlier.

    One of the blurbs I read before watching the film mentioned both principals playing exiles that return to Rwanda. I don't think this is correct. One of them does come back from exile, the second is befriended by the first in Kigali from where their journey begins.
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    • Mar 30, 2008

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 2008 (Belgium)
    • Countries of origin
      • Rwanda
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Kinyarwanda
    • Also known as
      • День освобождения
    • Filming locations
      • Rwanda
    • Production company
      • Almond Tree Films
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      • $3,148
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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