Kinyarwanda

Kinyarwanda

Forgiveness is Freedom

2011 · 100 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Romance

A young Tutsi woman and a young Hutu man fall in love amid chaos; a soldier struggles to foster a greater good while absent from her family; and a priest grapples with his faith in the face of unspeakable horror.

Directed by Alrick Brown · Written by Charles Plath

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