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Shooting Dogs, released in the United States as Beyond the Gates, is a 2005 film, directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starring John Hurt, Hugh Dancy and Clare-Hope Ashitey. It is based on the experiences of BBC news producer David Belton, who worked in Rwanda during the Rwandan Genocide. Belton is the film's co-writer and one of its producers.
The setting of the film is the École Technique Officielle (ETO) in Kigali, Rwanda, in 1994, during the Rwandan Genocide. Hurt plays a Catholic priest (loosely based on Vjekoslav Ćurić) and Dancy an English teacher, both Europeans, who are caught up in the events of the genocide.
Unlike Hotel Rwanda, which was filmed in South Africa using South African actors, the film was shot in the original location of the scenes it portrays. Also, many survivors of the massacre were employed as part of the production crew and minor acting roles.
The film's title refers to the actions of UN soldiers in shooting at the stray dogs that scavenged the bodies of dead. Since the UN soldiers were not allowed to shoot at the Hutu extremists who had caused the deaths in the first place, the shooting of dogs is symbolic of the madness of the situation that the film attempts to capture.
Original Release
03/08/2006
US Release
03/09/2007
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Cast
Name | Character |
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John Hurt | Christopher |
Hugh Dancy | Joe Connor |
Dominique Horwitz | Capitaine Charles Delon |
Louis Mahoney | Sibomana |
Nicola Walker | Rachel |
Steve Toussaint | Roland |
David Gyasi | François |
Susan Nalwoga | Edda |
Victor Power | Julius / Mark |
Jack Pierce | Mark |
Directors
Writers
David Wolstencroft, Richard Alwyn, David Belton
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Hurt | Christopher |
Hugh Dancy | Joe Connor |
Dominique Horwitz | Capitaine Charles Delon |
Louis Mahoney | Sibomana |
Nicola Walker | Rachel |
Steve Toussaint | Roland |
David Gyasi | François |
Susan Nalwoga | Edda |
Victor Power | Julius / Mark |
Jack Pierce | Mark |
Musa Kasonka Jr. | Boniface |
Kizito Ssentamu Kayiira | Pierre |
Clare-Hope Ashitey | Marie |
Tom Shepherd | Belgian Soldier |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Alwyn | Executive Producer |
Ruth Caleb | Executive Producer |
David M. Thompson | Executive Producer |
Paul Trijbits | Executive Producer |
David Belton | Producer |
Rémi Burah | Producer |
Pippa Cross | Producer |
Jens Meurer | Producer |
Joe Oppenheimer | Producer |
Michael Schmid-Ospach | Producer |
Karsten Stöter | Producer |
Andrew Wood | Producer |