After nearly 3 years on hold Shake Hands With The Devil will finally get an American release in 2010 and here's the trailer thanks to Firstshowing.
It was a way back in 2007 when this movie first came out at the Toronto Film Festival which followed with a cinema release in Canada itself, but thanks to Regent Releasing its getting a American release (no info on a British/Irish release yet). Movie Stars French-Canadian star Roy Dupuis (Jean-Paul Mercier in Mersine:Killer Instinct) as Général Roméo Dallaire whom the movie is based on, his autobiography of his time in Rawanda during the country's genocide killing in 1994. The movie also has Deborah Kara Unger (Silent Hill, Crash) as Emma a journalist who records General Dallaire's phlight in Rawanda. If you are old enough or can remember 1994 no matter what part of the world who come from it was a tragic and disturbing event which shouldn't have happened simply due to the west arrogance not to get involved more.
This movies story is one people should know about and like any world conflict should learn about it and make sure nothing like this should happen again. The movie has got stunning cinematography and 2 very good actors, so the movie should be checked out.
Shake Hands With The Devil is dorected by Roger Spottiswoode(Under Fire, Tomorrow Never Dies, Turner & Hooch, The 6th Day) and written for the Big screen by Michael Donovan .
Synopsis IMDB -
Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the military commander of the UN mission in Rwanda and this movie is personal and, all too true, story of his time there during the genocide of 1994. It is not quite as moving as the earlier Hotel Rwanda and is less geared to drama and emotional manipulation, but it is still grim and upsetting. The direction is slightly surreal and the acting is quite good, though I found Dupuis to be just a little too wooden (just a little over that line between stoic and wooden) in the lead role. It suffers a little from being virtually a one man show, with Dupuis lead character being the focus of virtually every scene but there is no denying the power and importance of this film.
Romeo Dallaire is a very brave, and equally honest, man and that is really what makes this film work. He is not afraid to show his human emotions and frailties, and this makes his courageous effort to save lives during The Rwandan genocide, at no small personal risk, all that more impressive. This film carefully documents the beginnings of the atrocity and fearlessly lays blame. Dallaires helplessness is enveloping and we feel his frustration in the face of ever-increasing shortages of men and equipment.
