Small Country: An African Childhood (2020)

  • NR
  • 08/28/2020 (CA)
  • Drama
  • 1h 52m

When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History

Overview

Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.

Eric Barbier

Director, Writer

Gaël Faye

Novel

Cast

Jean-Paul Rouve's headshot

Jean-Paul Rouve

Michel
Isabelle Kabano's headshot

Isabelle Kabano

Yvonne
Djibril Vancoppenolle's headshot

Djibril Vancoppenolle

Gabriel
Delya de Medina's headshot

Delya de Medina

Ana
Veronika Varga's headshot

Veronika Varga

Mme Economopoulos
Tao Monladja's headshot

Tao Monladja

Gino

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