Shake Hands with the Devil (2007 film)

Shake Hands with the Devil is a Canadian drama feature film starring Roy Dupuis as Romo Dallaire, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in August 2007. Based on Dallaires autobiographical book Shake Hands with the Devil The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, the film recounts Dallaires harrowing personal journey during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and how the United Nations failed to heed Dallaires urgent pleas for further assistance to halt the massacre.

A coproduction of BarnaAlper Productions, of Toronto, and Halifax Film Company, of Nova Scotia, the movie was directed by Roger Spottiswoode Tomorrow Never Dies, And the Band Played On and filmed in part on location in Kigali, Rwanda, from midJune to early August 2006 before returning to Halifax for its final shoot.A press conference concerning the film, with Dallaire, Dupuis, Spottiswoode, the producers Laszlo Barna BarnaAlper and Michael Donovan Halifax, as well as Wayne Clarkson of Telefilm Canada, occurred in Montral on June 2, 2006. ........

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