The Day God Walked Away

1h 40m
Drama
5.8

In 1994, in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, during the first days of the Tutsi genocide. Jacqueline, a young Tutsi nanny, returns home, in her village, desperately looking for her children. When she finds them lying lifeless among the corpses, Jacqueline takes refuge in the forest, where she gradually sinks into madness...

Cast

Ruth Nirere
Jacqueline
Afazali Dewaele
The wounded man
Lætitia Reva
Karin
Pierrick Le Pochat
Jean-Pierre
Juliette Nsengiyumya
Fille de Jacqueline
Ismael Dusengimana
Chef
Aphrodice Tuyizere
L'ado armé
Emmanuel Kayitaba
Tueur
Lola Tuyaerts
Unknown
Mariam Mupenzi
Mégère
Pacifique Niyotwizera
Fils de Jacqueline

Crew

Philippe Van Leeuw
Director, Screenplay
Marc Koninckx
Director of Photography

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