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Hotel Rwanda

Movie·2004·Drama, History, War·2h 2m·7.7 (3,178)·Directed by Terry George

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Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

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Don CheadleDon CheadlePaul RusesabaginaSophie OkonedoSophie OkonedoTatiana RusesabaginaNick NolteNick NolteColonel OliverFana MokoenaFana MokoenaGeneral BizimunguDesmond DubeDesmond DubeDubeHakeem Kae-KazimHakeem Kae-KazimGeorge RutagandaTony KgorogeTony KgorogeGregoireCara SeymourCara SeymourPat Archer

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