Hotel Rwanda (2004) on Netflix
Paul Rusesabagina runs the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, where he lives with his Tutsi wife Tatiana. Hutu extremist voices call the Tutsi an infestation; Paul trusts the United Nations.
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Trailer
Plot summary
Civil war divides Rwanda, pitting the Hutu-controlled government against Tutsi rebels. In Kigali, Paul Rusesabagina runs the Hôtel des Mille Collines and lives there with his Tutsi wife, Tatiana. He stays on good terms with Rwandan Army general Augustin Bizimungu. Hutu extremist voices, among them RTLM radio and Georges Rutaganda, who supplies goods to the hotel, frame the Tutsi as an infestation. United Nations peacekeepers oversee the Arusha Accords. Thomas, Tatiana's brother, tells Paul that worse is coming; Paul keeps his faith in the UN.
Cast
- Mathabo Pietersonas Diane Rusesabagina
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Books allege the real Rusesabagina extorted money from hotel guests for rooms and food, and gave a Rwandan army commander a guest list, prompting UN observers to change threatened guests' room numbers.
- The film's Canadian Colonel is based on Roméo Dallaire, now a retired Lieutenant-General of the Canadian Armed Forces, who was not pleased with the portrayal, arguing that he and his men did far more to help survivors.
- The production never used the real Hotel des Mille Collines in Kigali, instead shooting the hotel scenes inside an empty hospital building in South Africa.
- On its wide-release opening weekend the drama debuted in a distant 14th place at the box office, well behind the horror comedy Boogeyman, which took the top spot.
- The film's 2005 VHS release turned out to be the last movie United Artists ever put out on that format before it disappeared from the studio's home video lineup.
