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Aug 27, 2020 · by Fabien Lemercier. 27/08/2020 - Éric Barbier successfully and faithfully adapts Gaël Faye’s excellent novel, about the Rwandan genocide seen through the eyes of a mixed race child from neighbouring Burundi. “We walked into a great nightmare.”.
Small Country, An African Childhood Feature film adaptated from Gael Faye’s novel starring Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Kabano and Djibril Vancoppenolle directed by Éric Barbierproduced by Jerico Productions and Pathé (Drama, 2020)
Small Country: An African Childhood (French: Petit Pays) is a 2020 film written and directed by Éric Barbier. It is a co-production between France and Belgium. It is an adaptation of Gaël Faye's 2016 novel Small Country. It was theatrically released in France on 28 August 2020.
- Petit Pays
- Éric Barbier
- Éric Barbier
Gaby leads a wild life with his friends , but he's a serious pupil at school where the teacher talks about democracy .
Despite some tension in his family life, Gabriel lives a carefree life — until civil unrest in Rwanda spills over into Burundi. Set in the 1990s, Gabriel experiences a ‘coming of age’ story while in the middle of the bloodshed between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups.
Small Country: An African Childhood: Directed by Eric Barbier. With Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Kabano, Djibril Vancoppenolle, Dayla De Medina. A touching childhood set during the conflict in Rwanda between ethnicities Hutu and Tutsi - adapted from the book of Gaël Faye.
Small Country: An African Childhood 2020 1h 51m Drama List Reviews Tensions in neighboring Rawanda threaten the peaceful existence of a Burundi boy and his friends and family.
- Drama
