Munyurangabo
Sign in to saveMunyurangabo is a 2007 drama film directed by Lee Isaac Chung. Filmed entirely in Rwanda with local actors, it is the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May and won the Grand Prize at the 2007 AFI Fest. American critic Roger Ebert called it "in every frame a beautiful and powerful film — a masterpiece."
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6.7An orphan of the Rwandan genocide travels from Kigali to the countryside on a quest for justice.
Released: 2008-05-1597 minDir: Lee Isaac ChungDrama
Cast
- Jeff Rutagengwa as Munyurangabo
- Eric Ndorunkundiye as Sangwa
- Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka as Sangwa's Father
- Jean Pierre Harerimana as Gwiza
- Edouard B. Uwayo as Poet
- Narcicia Nyirabucyeye as Sangwa's Mother
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 2007
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- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Rwanda
- Original language
- Kinyarwanda
- Director
- Lee Isaac Chung
- Producer
- Lee Isaac Chung
- Narrative location
- Rwanda
- FilmAffinity ID
- 825106
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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Munyurangabo is a 2007 drama film directed by Lee Isaac Chung. Filmed entirely in Rwanda with local actors, it is the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May and won the Grand Prize at the 2007 AFI Fest. American critic Roger Ebert called it "in every frame a beautiful and powerful film — a masterpiece."
== Plot == After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend Sangwa leave the city to return to their villages. Munyurangabo seeks justice for his parents, who were killed in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, while Sangwa wants to return to the home he had left years ago. Although the two boys had planned to stay for only a few hours, they end up spending several days. But, because they are from two different tribes, their friendship is sorely tried. Sangwa's parents distrust Munyurangabo and warn their son that the Hutus and Tutsis are supposed to be enemies.