Hotel Rwanda

Reminded me that hate is the true evil in this world.

Well I didn't like about the story is the fact that the world allowed almost a million of murders to happen. It's part of history and just a movie.

I don't know how many times I've watched this movie, but I never stop enjoying it for its excellent acting, directing and editing, and overall wonderful production values. Don Cheadle, while certainly recognized for his outstanding acting ability, has not in my opinion received the honors he deserves. He is one of the actors who makes me regret that the racism so thoroughly baked into our culture limits the scope of roles available to people of color. Sophie Okonedo is no less marvelous, as are all the supporting actors. Even the children, who are natural and convincing. Joaquin Phoenix is always so good it's easy to dismiss his talent because he so thoroughly embodies the characters he portrays. This is one hell of a great historical drama. The historical part is very accurate with the following caveat: While the history of the Hutu-Tutsi conflict and genocide is true to fact, the storyline is pure fiction. It's affecting, it's engrossing, and it's satisfying, but it is not true. Hotel Rwanda is based on a mostly fictionalized first person account of what happened at the Hotel Mille Collines in Kigali during the genocide. There was indeed heroism and an amazing rescue of many otherwise doomed Tutsis. But the hero was not Paul Rusesabagina as played by the incomparable Don Cheadle. Nevertheless, some Rwandan scholars who survived that dark period in Rwanda's history, while criticizing the misleading storyline, credit the film with bringing awareness of the events to worldwide attention. I highly recommend the film for both its fictionalized drama and its accurate history. If you are interested in what really happened, google The real story of Hotel Rwanda. It's every bit as exciting as the movie, but with the benefit of truth. The story of the real hero (and I won't spoil it) would have made a somewhat different but undoubtedly compelling motion picture. Maybe some day someone will honor him with a movie that tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

The film, Hotel Rwanda, is similar to Schindler's List and The Diary of Ann Frank, in that it is more than entertainment; it documents a national act of genocide of one people against another. Therfore the film has to be reviewed both as an artistic statement and as a political statement. I will cover both in this review.First, this is suberb film making with an incredible cast of actors. However Don Cheadle demonstrated that his acting skills are of the highest order. The film did an excellent job of balancing the tensions and drama within the hotel with the terror in the streets. Major societal tensions are mirrored in the hotel staff, some of which are Tutsis and some of which are Hutus. The film did an excellent job of demonstrating the terror as parents tired to keep thier children from being murdered against a mob of Hutus, intent on killing all Tutsis in the country. Thus the film demonstrated at the individual, the family, the neighborhood, the ethnic, and the national levels the terror of this genocide.Second,the film is a political statement against genocide and the politics around genocide. Long brewing social injustice,a breakdown of the social contract, opportunistic political leaders, prejudice and stereotypes, and a highly visible or high profile catalyst to mob violence are the formula for genocide which this film displayed very well. The film is subtle in demonstrating that many of the Tutsis were of a higher economic class than the Hutus and this was due to the Belgium preference for the lighter skinned, thinner, taller Tutsis as compared to the shorter, darker, thicker Hutus. This long brewing social injustice set the stage for opportunistic politicians to gain control of the country with ethinic warfare as their vehicle. The assassination of the President by his own military, blamed on the Tutsis rebels, and fanned into flame by violence monger radio personalities served as the catalyst that sparked the terror.There has been much discussion around the lack of a response from Europe and the United States during this catastrope. The explanations include the recent US military crisis in Mogadishu (see Black Hawk Down for a great film on this incident), the lack of understanding of the politics and tensions in the region, the involvement of the UN in Bosnia and Serbia, and racism against darker races. All of these forces, no doubt, played a role. However we have to ask both our politicians and the media to do a much better job of educating the public around these issues. The media was slow to report this genocide and thus delayed international action. We should never let this happen again.Buy this film, it is outstanding. Keep it in your collection since it is part of human history.

In my opinion Hotel Rwanda should have won the Best of everything at the Academy and Oscar Adwards but slid past it as fast as they could. Set in 1994 in Rwanda it is the TRUE and remarkable story of one man's struggle to maintain a calm and dignified oasis as the Manager of a very up market Belgian Hotel in the midst of one of the most brutal acts of genocide that had largly gone un-noticed by the rest of the world, as the Tutsi and the Hutu tribes fight it out. In three months alone one million people were brutally wiped out and over one thousand displaced men woman and children eventualy took shelter as refugees in this hotel. If you were a white guest then America and England came to the rescue but if you were black and from somewhere else then you had a lot of phoning around for help to get you home no matter how high up the ladder you were! and at any moment what was stamped on your passport... could get you murdered. Where the director got so many fantastic convincing extras from is a mystery, each one an Academy Award Winner in their own right. Echo's of the brutality heaped upon the Jews by the Germans in the second world war. One of my favorite movies.

This is an excellent historical drama. Don Cheadle is brilliant in the lead role as Paul Ruesabagina, the beleaguered hotelier who finds himself caught in the middle of the genocidal conflict between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. Sophie Okenodo shines as Paul's devoted wife, while Nick Nolte adroitly portrays the UN peacekeeping commander who is left powerless to stop the unfolding catastrophe. Paul Ruesabagina is to the Rwandan genocide what Oskar Schindler was to the Holocaust: an unassuming, morally upright character who ends up saving countless innocent lives. Watch for actors Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator) and Jean Reno (Ronin) in small roles here. The acting is compelling all around, and the film is cannily shot to keep the violence from appearing too graphic. Still, you should be careful about letting your kids see this film. Nevertheless, the Rwandan genocide is a story that should be told, and "Hotel Rwanda" tells it well. Check it out!

Keeps your attention throughout but quite harrowing in some parts.

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Magnifique impeccable

Cuenta en primera persona el Genocidio de 1994 de Ruanda, los discos en perfecto estado.