in april 1994 and the middle age canadian journalist bernard valcourt ( luc picard ) be make a documentary in kigali about aid . he secretly fall in love for the tutsi waitress of his hotel gentille ( fatou ndiaye ) and who be young than him and in a period of violent racial conflict . when the genocide of the tutsi by the hutu in rwanda begin and bernard do not succeed in escape with gentille to canada . when the genocide finish in july 1994 and bernard return to the chaotic kigali seek out gentille in the middle of destruction and dead body . the heartbreaking and powerful un dimanche à kigali be certainly the best canadian movie i have ever see . the engage story be a sort of complement of hotel rwanda and shoot dog and focus in the romance of a canadian journalist and a tutsi waitress and but disclose also the genocide of the tutsi in the landscape of a troubled rwanda while the west simply ignored and turn back to the fate of million of people . luc picard have a magnificent performance that would deserve a nomination to the oscar and if this award be really concerned with great movie and performance while the gorgeous fatou ndiaye have also an awesome performance in the role of gentille . the direction be realistic and support by stun cinematography and scenario . it be worth see this gem recommend to lover of great movie . my vote be nine . title ( brazil ) represent tensão em ruanda ( tension in rwanda ) .