Bibliograph

Beyond the gates., Adirondack Pictures presents a BBC Films and UK Film Council production in association with Invicta Capital and Filmstifung NRW ; produced by David Belton, Pippa Cross, Jens Meurer ; story by Richard Alwyn and David Belton ; screenplay by David Wolstencroft ; directed by Michael Caton-Jones, Widescreen

Type

Label

Beyond the gates., Adirondack Pictures presents a BBC Films and UK Film Council production in association with Invicta Capital and Filmstifung NRW ; produced by David Belton, Pippa Cross, Jens Meurer ; story by Richard Alwyn and David Belton ; screenplay by David Wolstencroft ; directed by Michael Caton-Jones, Widescreen

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong violence, disturbing images, and language

Main title

Beyond the gates.

Oclc number

173275864

Responsibility statement

Adirondack Pictures presents a BBC Films and UK Film Council production in association with Invicta Capital and Filmstifung NRW ; produced by David Belton, Pippa Cross, Jens Meurer ; story by Richard Alwyn and David Belton ; screenplay by David Wolstencroft ; directed by Michael Caton-Jones

Runtime

112

Summary

In April 1994 the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda crashes and the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, Christopher, a Catholic priest and Joe Connor, an idealistic English teacher give sanctuary to twenty-five hundred Rwandans survivors in the school, which is under the protection of the UN Belgian force and under siege from the Hutu militia. When the Tutsi refugees are abandoned by the UN, they are murdered by the extremist militia

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

resource.version

Widescreen

Classification