Blackout
2010 · 95 min
Drama
★ 4.2Paris, April 1994. Young freelance journalist Antoine Rives is making a report on Westerners who have been repatriated from Rwanda, fleeing the massacres. He meets Clément, a student of Hutu origin whose Tutsi fiancée Alice hasn’t been able to leave Rwanda. Antoine convinces Clément to go back with him to look for Alice, and to let him film the journey. Their pact soon becomes untenable as they find themselves thrown into chaos. This is a journey through horror during which a young man’s First World illusions are stripped away as he wakes up to human tragedy.
Crew
- Director Jean-Christophe Klotz
- Screenplay Antoine Lacomblez
- Screenplay Jean-Christophe Klotz
Cast
Jalil Lespert
Antoine
Cyril Gueï
Clément
Philippe Nahon
Père François
Jean-François Stévenin
Marchand
Patrick Rameau
Capitaine Jonassaint
Peter Hudson
Général Hillaire
Ériq Ebouaney
Monsieur-la-Bête
- C
Christophe Auger
- C
Corinne Barois
- E
Eric Connor
Quentin
Gilles Kneusé
Le chirurgien (as Gilles Kneuse)
Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé
Honoré
Crew
- Director — Jean-Christophe Klotz
- Screenplay — Antoine Lacomblez
- Screenplay — Jean-Christophe Klotz
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