Blackout

Blackout (2010)

Drama

Paris, April 1994. Young freelance journalist Antoine Rives is making a report on Westerners who have been repatriated from Rwanda, fleeing the massacres. He meets Clément, a student of Hutu origin whose Tutsi fiancée Alice hasn’t been able to leave Rwanda. Antoine convinces Clément to go back with him to look for Alice, and to let him film the journey. Their pact soon becomes untenable as they find themselves thrown into chaos. This is a journey through horror during which a young man’s First World illusions are stripped away as he wakes up to human tragedy.

Director: Jean-Christophe Klotz
Writers: Antoine Lacomblez, Jean-Christophe Klotz.

Casts

	Jalil Lespert as Antoine
	Cyril Gueï as Clément
	Philippe Nahon as Père François
	Jean-François Stévenin as Marchand
	Patrick Rameau as Capitaine Jonassaint
	Peter Hudson as Général Hillaire
	Ériq Ebouaney as Monsieur-la-Bête
	Christophe Auger as
	Corinne Barois as
	Eric Connor as Quentin
	Gilles Kneusé as Le chirurgien (as Gilles Kneuse)
	Jean-Baptiste Tiémélé as Honoré
	Eve Bitoun as Jeanne

Crew