Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)

Shake Hands with the Devil
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoger Spottiswoode
Written byRoméo Dallaire (book)
Michael Donovan
Produced byLaszlo Barna
Michael Donovan
StarringRoy Dupuis
Deborah Unger
James Gallanders
Michel-Ange Nzojibwami
Owen Lebakeng Sejake
Jean-Hugues Anglade
Michel Mongeau
Tom McCamus
CinematographyMiroslaw Baszak
Edited byMichel Arcand
Louis-Martin Paradis
Music byDavid Hirschfelder
Production
companies
DHX Media/Halifax Film
Barna-Alper Productions
Head Gear Films
Seville Productions
Distributed bySeville Pictures
Release date
  • September 28, 2007 (2007-09-28)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish[1] French
BudgetC$11 million[1]

Shake Hands with the Devil is a 2007 Canadian 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 didn’t heed Dallaire's urgent pleas for further assistance to halt the massacre.[1]

The film received 12 nominations at the 28th Genie Awards and tied with the film Eastern Promises for most nominations.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata.
  2. ^ Maria Kubacki (2008-01-29). "Violent mobsters, Alzheimer's and genocide: It's Canadian cinema!". National Post. Retrieved 2008-01-30.[dead link]
  3. ^ Etan Vlessing (2008-01-29). ""Promises," "Devil" each nab 12 Genie nominations". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-01-30.

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