Small Country: An African Childhood (2020)
Petit Pays
When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History
Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.
- Date of release
- 2020-08-26
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (166)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Eric Barbier
Casting
- Jean-Paul Rouve — Michel
- Isabelle Kabano — Yvonne
- Djibril Vancoppenolle — Gabriel
- Delya de Medina — Ana
- Veronika Varga — Mme Economopoulos
- Tao Monladja — Gino
- Ruben Ruhanamilindi — Armand
- Brian Gakwavu — Lucien
- Kenny Hubbawive — Paul
- Nelson Membe — Francis
- Edouard Niyonteze — Prothé
- Elvis Nahimana — Innocent
Interesting facts
Small Country: An African Childhood is a 2020 film written and directed by Éric Barbier. It is a co-production between France and Belgium. It is an adaptation of Gaël Faye's 2016 novel Small Country. It was theatrically released in France on 28 August 2020.
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