Drama · France · 2020 · 1h 52m

Small Country: An African Childhood

Petit Pays

Director

Cast

Jean-Paul Rouve as Michel Isabelle Kabano as Yvonne Djibril Vancoppenolle as Gabriel Delya de Medina as Ana Veronika Varga as Mme Economopoulos Tao Monladja as Gino

Crew

Antoine Sanier — Director of Photography Jennifer Augé — Editor Eric Barbier — Writer Gaël Faye — Novel Jérôme Salle — Producer Philippe Rousselet — Producer

Tagline

When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History

Synopsis

Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.

Mood & Themes

1990s burundi

Key Collaborators

Eric Barbier Director Antoine Sanier Director of Photography Jennifer Augé Editor Eric Barbier Writer Gaël Faye Novel Jérôme Salle Producer Philippe Rousselet Producer Eric Jehelmann Producer Laurence Esnault Costume Design

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