The Day God Walked Away
- Original title
- Rwanda April 7, 1994 (Le jour ou dieu est parti en voyage)
- Year
- 2009
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
- Belgium
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Historical. Africa
- Synopsis
- Set in Rwanda in the spring of 1994, at the outbreak of the genocide. Jacqueline, a young Tutsi woman, is a maid in a Belgian family. When she finds her children brutally murdered by the Hutus, she runs away and hides in the woods. There, she meets a man who has also escaped from the slaughter. Together, they will try to survive with the fear of being discovered at any moment. Terror and madness wait for them at every turn.
- Awards
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2009: San Sebastián Film Festival: New Director Prize
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