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The Day God Walked Away (2009)
Directed by Philippe Van Leeuw
Drama · 1h 40m
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
R
Ruth Nirere
Jacqueline
A
Afazali Dewaele
The wounded man
L
Lætitia Reva
Karin
P
Pierrick Le Pochat
Jean-Pierre
J
Juliette Nsengiyumya
Fille de Jacqueline
I
Ismael Dusengimana
Chef
A
Aphrodice Tuyizere
L'ado armé
E
Emmanuel Kayitaba
Tueur
L
Lola Tuyaerts
M
Mariam Mupenzi
Mégère
P
Pacifique Niyotwizera
Fils de Jacqueline
Crew
- Director
- Philippe Van Leeuw
- Screenplay
- Philippe Van Leeuw
- Director of Photography
- Marc Koninckx
Details
- Original title
- Le jour où Dieu est parti en voyage
- Release date
- 2009-10-28
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Belgium, France
- Production
- Les Films du Mogho, Artémis Productions, Liaison Cinématographique, Minds Meet, RTBF