Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

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  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 2007-09-28
  • Runtime: 112 minutes
  • : 7.2
  • Production Company: Barna-Alper Productions
  • Production Country: Canada, Rwanda
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7.2/10
7.2
From 54 Ratings

Description

In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.

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  • CinemaSerf

    7
    By CinemaSerf
    I wonder whether an appreciation of this film depends on whether you are British or Irish? What it depicts, for me anyway, is the old adage that "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" and James Cagney ("Lenihan") manages to encapsulate that succinctly. His character, a respected professor with republican leanings, recruits "O'Shea" (Don Murray) after one of his friends is shot by one of the infamous "Black 'n Tans" and the film tracks his ensuing involvement with the 1921 revolution. The story follows a simplified line as regards to the actual nature of historical fact, but it does touch on the complications and perils faced by people on both sides of the argument well. Cagney is convincing, as - oddly enough, is Michael Redgrave as the "General" (AKA Michael Collins) - far removed from his Barnes Wallis patriot-style role. There is also decent support from Dana Wynter and the inimitable Dame Sybil Thorndike to broaden the range of the scenarios and demonstrate that this wasn't just a small scale, militaristic, uprising - but a general dissatisfaction amongst all strata of Irish society. Michael Anderson keeps the pace lively, and the dialogue does enough to make it's point without throttling us with it. He has captured some beautiful scenery too and it's well worth a watch.

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