
From opposing ethnicities, Ngabo and Sangwa are tested when old-timers warn, "Hutus and Tutsis should not be friends." An intense and inspiring portrait of youth in Rwanda, 'Munyurangabo' features Poet Laureate Edouard Uwayo delivering a moving poem about his healing country. Rwanda. Kinyarwanda with English subtitles.... (Full plot summary below)
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From opposing ethnicities, Ngabo and Sangwa are tested when old-timers warn, "Hutus and Tutsis should not be friends." An intense and inspiring portrait of youth in Rwanda, 'Munyurangabo' features Poet Laureate Edouard Uwayo delivering a moving poem about his healing country. Rwanda. Kinyarwanda with English subtitles.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is in every frame a beautiful and powerful film -- a masterpiece. |
| Georgia StraightJanet SmithMunyurangabo is a small, quiet film with big implications. It's one of those movies where knowing the story behind the scenes will give you more appreciation of the humble, hand-held one on-screen. |
| Slant MagazineNick SchagerThere's a patient attentiveness and inquisitiveness to Munyurangabo. that seemingly springs, at least in part, from the cultural divide between Korean-American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung and his native Rwandan cast, milieu, and language. |
| New York TimesA.O. ScottMunyurangabo uses the fine-grained techniques of cinematic neorealism to illuminate the psychological and emotional landscape of a still-traumatized place. |
| Boxoffice MagazineMatthew NestelIn order to survive, one can't hold onto innocence nor wash away the bloody, tattooed existence of the past. And even with this grim reality, there is some semblance of promise. Not everything corrupt stays that way. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirIt's raw and rough, but beautifully photographed and classically constructed, with an undercurrent of awful tension and a lyrical sensibility. |
| Seattle TimesJohn HartlIt's the latest in a long and worthy line of low-budget, partly improvised neorealist movies that mix fiction with documentarylike qualities. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisThe finished film, which was completed in about 11 days, has the tidiness and optimism of a fable. But it showcases certain hard facts of life in a war-torn country whose scars have yet to heal. |
| Time OutKeith UhlichChekhov's principle of drama is in full effect, but what's remarkable about this film is how it slowly steers its way from portent to poetry. |
| MUBIIgnatiy VishnevetskyChung went and made a movie in Rwanda because it was possible and because he cared, and that's as good a reason as you can find for making a movie. |