Shooting Dogs

Shooting Dogs

7.5IMDb Score
Released:2006-03-08
Duration:115 min
Director:Michael Caton-Jones
Actors:John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz, Nicola Walker, David Gyasi
Production:CrossDay Productions, BBC Film, Egoli Tossell Film, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Invicta Capital, UK Film Council, ZDF, ARTE

Overview:

Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.

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