Name: Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-05-13
Rating: 6.1

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200514A

Documentary1h 30m

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Storyline

The story of Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire and his controversial command of the United Nations mission to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. The documentary was inspired by the book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda which was published in 2003.

Trailers

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Details

DirectorPeter Raymont

ReleasedMay 13, 2005

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide14ACA

Studios

Société Radio-CanadaWhite Pine Pictures

CBC

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

4 fresh · 2 rotten

Critics consensus

“A gut-wrenching documentary about the man in charge of the UN peace keeping force during the 1994 Rwanda genocide of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus.”

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Chris Vognar

RTDallas Morning NewsSep 2, 2005

A personalized, historically charged travelogue that speaks to a massive tragedy's impact on one man.

Jamie Woolley

RTBBC.comAug 9, 2005

A tragic reminder of how that overused epithet, 'Never again', makes hypocrites of us all.

Michael Booth

RTDenver PostJul 8, 2005

We never get a satisfying re-creation of the events for which Dallaire now suffers.

Felicia Feaster

RTCreative LoafingJan 29, 2020

Shake Hands with the Devil is a sober, harrowing chronicle of one man's attempt to escape the guilt and regret of having witnessed one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century, and being powerless to stop it.