Small Country: An African Childhood (2020)

“Petit pays”

Drama

August 28, 2020 – In theaters

A touching childhood set during the conflict in Rwanda between ethnicities Hutu and Tutsi – adapted from the book of Gaël Faye. 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.

Director: Eric Barbier

Writers: Eric Barbier, Gaël Faye

Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Kabano, Djibril Vancoppenolle, Dayla De Medina, Tao Monladja, Veronika Varga