Set in 1973, the film centres around Notre-Dame du Nil, a Catholic boarding school for the daughters of Rwanda’s elite, who are caught between the unctuous generosity of creepy post-colonial pseudo-admirers of the “Black Pharaohs” and the looming threat of genocide. Based on the book of the same name by Scholastique Mukasonga and directed by Afghan filmmaker Atiq Rahimi.
Mu Rwanda, 1973. Notre Dame du Nil ni ishuri ryisumbuye ry’abakobwa, b’idini gatulika. Ni ishuri rikomeye, riyobowe n’abazungu mu bihe byakurikiye ubwigenge muri Afurika. Abo bazungu ariko bakarangwa n’imyitwarire mibi, harimo nko gufata bamwe mu banyarwanda nk’aba Farawo birabura, kandi ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside yugarije. Filime yakomotse ku gitabo cya Scholastique Mukasonga, ishyirwa mu mashusho ya sinema na Atiq Rahimi, ukomoka muri Afuganistani.
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| Countries of production | France, Belgium, Rwanda |
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Atiq Rahimi
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