Hotel Rwanda Essay

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“Hotel Rwanda”, The Story of a Hero. 19 yeas ago in Rwanda, Hutu extremists killed almost a million of the Tutsi tribe with guns and machetes, while the world stood by and refused to help. "Hotel Rwanda" is not the story of that massacre. It is the story of a hotel manager who saves the lives of 1,268 people by being very brave person. The film "Hotel Rwanda" is based on a real event that occurred during the Rwandan civil war. The film tells the story of what a courageous men goes through, a hotel manager named Paul Rusesabagina who tries his best to save as many people as possible. Rusesabagina, played magnificently by Don Cheadle manages to save the lives of 1,268 people as he riskes everything in an act of courage. He is the manager of the Hotel Des Mille Collines, a Belgian-owned hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. Paul doesn’t realize the enormity of the situation the country is in, as he is busy taking care of the hotel. Early in the film, as the killing is just staring, Rusesabagina meets an American journalist, Jack (Joaquin Phoenix), who has captured a video footage showing the brutality of the massacre taking place across the country. Rusesabagina is optimistic, as he thinks that the footage will bring help and intervention from other countries, but Jack knows better, "If people see this footage, they'll say, 'Oh my God, that's terrible, and they'll go on eating their dinners," he tells Rusesabagina. As the killing continuous and the European tourists manage to leave the country, Rusesabagina, who is a Hutu, takes his Tutsi wife Tatiana (Sophie Okonedo), their children, and their neighbors to a safe area of the hotel. He then takes his wife to the roof of the hotel as he planned a romantic dinner with her. He then he tells her that she will
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