THE DAY GOD WALKED AWAY
synopsis
Kigali, 1994. The city is in violent chaos. Just before fleeing, some Belgians hide Jacqueline, their tutsi childminder, in the false ceiling of their villa. At daybreak, Jacqueline comes out of her hiding place and flees through some woods. She comes across a fugitive dying by the water’s edge. Taking refuge in the middle of the forest, they survive as best they can...
international title: | The Day God Walked Away |
original title: | Le Jour où Dieu est parti en voyage |
country: | France, Belgium |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Philippe Van Leeuw |
release date: | FR 28/10/2009 |
screenplay: | Philippe Van Leeuw |
cast: | Ruth Nirere, Afazali Dewaele, Lola Tuyaerts |
cinematography by: | Marc Koninckx |
film editing: | Andrée Davanture |
art director: | Kathy Lebrun |
costumes designer: | Laurence Maréchal |
music: | Annonciata Kamaliza |
producer: | Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz, Toussaint Tiendrebeogo, Patrick Quinet, Tomas Leyers, Arlette Zylberberg |
production: | Liaison cinématographique, Les Films du Mogho, Artémis Productions, Minds Meet, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Ciné+, Mwana Productions |
backing: | Centre National de la Cinématographie (C.N.C.), Canal + |
distributor: | MK2 Distribution |