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FILM: SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL
President of Rwanda to get private screening It's a 'courtesy call,' film's
producer says
GUY DIXON
August 4, 2007
A producer of the soon-to-be-released film Shake Hands with the Devil
admits his heart will be in his throat when he privately screens the drama
about the Rwandan genocide for the country's president Paul Kagame in Rwanda on
Thursday.
The film is based on the story of Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire and
shouldn't be confused with the 2004 documentary of the same name, which also
tells Dallaire's story as a Canadian commander struggling with the horrifically
ineffectual United Nations' peacekeeping mission and its efforts to stem the
killing.
The new film stars acclaimed Quebec actor Roy Dupuis and was shot in and
around Kigali with the participation of Rwandan actors. During shooting a year
ago, the filmmakers had met with the president, discussing his role in leading
Rwandan Patriotic Front forces, which brought an end to the slaughter of up to
one million ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus by Hutu extremist groups.
Kagame has been invited to the Toronto International Film Festival to attend
the world premiere of the film on Sept. 9, but the president hasn't confirmed
whether he will be able to attend.
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But next week, the filmmakers are taking their film to Rwanda as "a courtesy
call to President Kagame. They didn't request it, we offered it. He was one of
the major players," said the film's co-producer Laszlo Barna yesterday. "We are
not going there for approvals. Notwithstanding that, my heart is in my throat.
"When we were filming, we had two psychologists on set at all times," Barna
said. "People were breaking down in the middle of scenes. We used a lot of
Rwandan actors and Rwandan extras. And it was not unusual that people broke up
because we were re-enacting portions of the genocide."
"The Rwandans were incredibly hospitable," he added. "They made available all
the props we needed to stage a war -- tanks, machine guns, armed personnel
carriers. They let us work, and never asked us to see the script."
Dallaire remains a respected figure in Rwanda, Barna noted. "He is one of the
people who saved over 30,000 people. He didn't leave when the UN ordered him
out. So there's a tremendous enthusiasm, and they are hopeful this will tell
the story of the abandonment of Rwanda by the UN and the international
community."
However, this isn't the first film to dramatize the Rwandan genocide by
shooting on location in Rwanda and using Rwandan actors. For instance, the 2005
British-German film Shooting Dogs, which also played the Toronto festival to
positive reviews, similarly told the story of UN forces leaving Tutsis to die,
although it centred more on the story of a Catholic priest played by actor John
Hurt.
Barna, who is based in Toronto, emphasized that the script for Shake Hands
With the Devil wasn't vetted by Rwandan officials and that Kagame won't have
any say in the final edit or be granted any changes to the film after he sees
it next week. "No one has control over this film except for my co-producer
Michael Donovan and Laszlo Barna," Barna said.
The film will be distributed by Seville Pictures in Canada and is scheduled
to be released in late September.
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