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2020

Small Country: An African Childhood

Directed by Eric Barbier
When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History

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.

Duration

1h 52m

Released

August 26, 2020

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Cast12

  • Jean-Paul Rouve
  • Isabelle Kabano
  • Djibril Vancoppenolle
  • Delya de Medina
  • Veronika Varga
  • Tao Monladja
  • Ruben Ruhanamilindi
  • Brian Gakwavu
  • Kenny Hubbawive

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