Hotel Rwanda
When the world closed its eyes, he opened his arms.
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world.Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
- Director
- Terry George
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Action
- Worldwide
- $38M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
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The record
Awards
3 wins · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 win
- WinnerProducers Guild Stanley Kramer Award
European Film Award for Best Composer
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Composer
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Hotel Rwanda returned 2.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $18M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $38M
- Release date
- Dec 22, 2004
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, French
- Country
- United Kingdom, Italy
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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