Our Lady of the Nile | |
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French | Notre-Dame du Nil |
Directed by | Atiq Rahimi |
Written by | Atiq Rahimi Ramata-Toulaye Sy |
Based on | Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame du Nil) by Scholastique Mukasonga |
Produced by | Charlotte Casiraghi Marie Legrand Rani Massalha Dimitri Rassam |
Starring | Amanda Mugabezaki Albina Kirenga Malaika Uwamahoro |
Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
Edited by | Hervé de Luze |
Production companies | Les Films du Tambour Chapter 2 France 2 Cinéma Swoon Productions Belga Productions |
Release dates | |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Countries | France Belgium Rwanda Monaco |
Languages | French, Kinyarwanda |
Our Lady of the Nile is a 2019 film directed by Atiq Rahimi. An adaptation of the novel Our Lady of the Nile by Rwandan writer Scholastique Mukasonga, the film is set in Rwanda in 1994, amid the beginning of the tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples that would eventually culminate in the Rwandan genocide.[2][3][4]
Set in pre-genocide Rwanda, the film tells how the genocide is experienced from the perspective of Hutu and Tutsi teenage girls from Our Lady of the Nile, an elite Catholic boarding school.[5][6]
2020 Berlin International Film Festival, Winner: Crystal Bear (Generation 14plus) Best Film.[8][9]