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Plot. The film tells the story of Gabriel, a happy 10 year old living with his French entrepreneur father and Rwandan mother in a expatriate neighborhood in Burundi. As the 1993 tensions in Rwanda starts, his family and innocence is threatened. [5] [6] Cast. Jean-Paul Rouve as Michel Chappaz. Isabelle Kabano as Yvonne.
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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) Burundi, 1992. For ten-year-old Gabriel, life in his comfortable expatriate neighborhood of Bujumbura with his French father, Rwandan mother and ...
Aug 27, 2020 · Review: Small Country: An African Childhood. 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.”.
The film tells the story of Gabriel, a happy 10 year old living with his French entrepreneur father and Rwandan mother in a expatriate neighborhood in Burundi. As the 1993 tensions in Rwanda starts, his family and innocence is threatened. The film is adapted from a novel of the same title. Cast. Jean-Paul Rouve; Isabelle Kabano; Djibril ...
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Drama. PLOT : Based on a true story, Gabriel — a young boy born to a French father and Rwandan mother — grows up in the small African country of Burundi. Despite some tension in his family life, Gabriel lives a carefree life — until civil unrest in Rwanda spills over into Burundi.
Small Country: An African Childhood. Tensions in neighboring Rawanda threaten the peaceful existence of a Burundi boy and his friends and family.
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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.
