The Day God Walked Away (2009)
In 1994, in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, during the first days of the Tutsi genocide. Jacqueline, a young Tutsi nanny, returns home, in her village, desperately looking for her children. When she finds them lying lifeless among the corpses, Jacqueline takes refuge in the forest, where she gradually sinks into madness...
Director:
Philippe Van Leeuw
Writer:
Philippe Van Leeuw
![]() |
Ruth Nirere as Jacqueline |
![]() |
Afazali Dewaele as The wounded man |
![]() |
Lætitia Reva as Karin |
![]() |
Pierrick Le Pochat as Jean-Pierre |
![]() |
Juliette Nsengiyumya as Fille de Jacqueline |
![]() |
Ismael Dusengimana as Chef |
![]() |
Aphrodice Tuyizere as L'ado armé |
![]() |
Emmanuel Kayitaba as Tueur |
![]() |
Lola Tuyaerts as |
![]() |
Mariam Mupenzi as Mégère |
![]() |
Pacifique Niyotwizera as Fils de Jacqueline |
| Writing | Philippe Van Leeuw | Screenplay |
| Directing | Philippe Van Leeuw | Director |
| Camera | Marc Koninckx | Director of Photography |