A Sunday in Kigali and Rwandan bourgeoisie who surround the hotel swimming pool every Sunday. While Valcourt's longing for Gentille increases, the country moves toward civil war, and the brutal violence of the Rwandan genocide separates them. A few months go by and Bernard returns to Rwanda, frantically seeking Gentille in the midst of the chaos. Most of the narrative unfolds in retrospect. The film is based on the novel "A Sunday at the pool in Kigali", by Gil Courtemanche. "A Sunday in Kigali" grossed $1.1 million Canadian in Quebec in the fall of 2006, and is set for September 23 release in English-speaking
A Sunday in Kigali ... while hundreds of thousands are being slaughtered that verges on its own form of myopic irresponsibility." Writer for Variety (magazine), Robert Koehler also gave it 2 out of 4 stars and said: "Pic is truly undone by a bizarre structure that constantly cuts between the timeframe before the 100-day massacre and the aftermath." Since its release, the film has been nominated for 42 festivals and awards. A Sunday in Kigali A Sunday in Kigali (original French title: "Un dimanche à Kigali") is a 2006 Canadian feature film set during the Rwandan genocide. Directed by Robert Favreau, it follows the