Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)

When the world turned its back, one man stood up.

In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.

Date of release
2007-09-28
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (74)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Roger Spottiswoode

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Shake Hands with the Devil
  • Filmed in: Nova Scotia

Shake Hands with the Devil is a 2007 Canadian biographical 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 did not heed Dallaire's urgent pleas for further assistance to halt the massacre.

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