• Source: Our Lady of the Nile (2019 film)

Our Lady of the Nile is a 2019 French-language film directed by Atiq Rahimi. An adaptation of the novel Our Lady of the Nile by Rwandan writer Scholastique Mukasonga, the film is set in Rwanda in 1994, amid the beginning of the tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples that would eventually culminate in the Genocide Against the Tutsi.




Plot


Set in pre-genocide Rwanda, the film tells how the genocide is experienced from the perspective of Hutu and Tutsi teenage girls from Our Lady of the Nile, an elite Catholic boarding school.




Cast


Veronica (Clariella Bizimana)
Virginia (Amanda Santa Mugabekazi)
Monsieur Fontenaille (Pascal Greggory)
Gloriosa (Albina Kirenga)
Modesta (Belinda Rubango)
Immaculée (Malaika Uwamahoro, credited as Angel Uwamahoro)




Awards


2020 Berlin International Film Festival, Winner: Crystal Bear (Generation 14plus) Best Film.




Festivals


2019 Toronto Film Festival (where it premiered)
2019. Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
2020, Giffoni Film Festival
2020, Cinemania
2020 Africa in Motion
2020, São Paulo International Film Festival
2020, Fribourg International Film Festival
2020, Seville European Film Festival
2020, Palm Springs International Film Festival
2020, Haifa International Film Festival
2020, Luxor African Film Festival
2021, Adelaide Film Festival
2021, New York African Film Festival
Darwin Film Festival
Marrakech International Film Festival




References






External links


Our Lady of the Nile at IMDb
Our Lady of the Nile at Rotten Tomatoes
Our Lady of the Nile at Metacritic

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