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词条 Munyurangabo
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Production

  4. Critical reception

  5. Subsequent development

  6. Awards

  7. References

  8. External links

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| name = Munyurangabo
| image = Munyurangabo FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = Lee Isaac Chung
| producer = Lee Isaac Chung
| writer = Lee Isaac Chung
Samuel Gray Anderson
| starring = Jeff Rutagengwa
| music =
| cinematography = Lee Isaac Chung
| editing = Lee Isaac Chung
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2007|05|24|Cannes Film Festival}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = Rwanda
United States
| language = Kinyarwanda
| budget =
}}Munyurangabo is a 2007 film directed by Lee Isaac Chung. Filmed entirely in Rwanda with local actors, it is the first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language.[1] It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on 24 May [2] and won the Grand Prize at the 2007 AFI Fest [3] American critic Roger Ebert calls it "in every frame a beautiful and powerful film — a masterpiece."[4]

Plot

After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend Sangwa leave the city to return to their village. Munyurangabo seeks justice for his parents, who were killed in the Rwandan Genocide, while Sangwa wants to return to the home he left years ago. Although the two boys had planned to stay only a few hours, they end up spending several days. But, because they are from two different tribes, their friendship is sorely tried. Sangwa's parents distrust Munyurangabo, and warn their son that Hutus and Tutsis are supposed to be enemies.

Cast

  • Jeff Rutagengwa - Munyurangabo
  • Eric Ndorunkundiye - Sangwa
  • Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka - Papa Sangwa
  • Jean Pierre Harerimana - Gwiza
  • Narcicia Nyirabucyeye - Mama Sangwa
  • Edouard B. Uwayo - Poet

Production

According to The New York Times, prior to the making of the film, director Lee Isaac Chung's wife Valerie, an art therapist, had traveled to Rwanda as a volunteer to work with those affected by the 1994 genocide. At her urging, Chung accompanied her to Rwanda and volunteered to teach a filmmaking class at a relief base in Kigali in the summer of 2006. Sensing an opportunity to present the contemporary reality of Rwanda and to provide his students with practical film training, Chung arrived with a nine-page outline which he had written with the help of old friend (and the film's eventual co-producer and co-writer) Samuel Gray Anderson. Chung shot Munyurangabo over 11 days, working with a team of nonprofessional actors Chung found through local orphanages and his students as crew members.[5]

Critical reception

Munyurangabo has received highly positive reviews from critics. The film received a 95% approval rating from critics on aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes and an average rating of 7.7/10, based on 21 reviews.[6]Roger Ebert calls Munyurangabo "in every frame a beautiful and powerful film — a masterpiece."[4] In his 2007 Cannes Film Festival review, Variety critic Robert Koehler describes it as "by several light years -- the finest and truest film yet on the moral and emotional repercussions of the 15-year-old genocide that wracked Rwanda."[7] Writing in Film Comment, the late critic Robin Wood similarly described the film as a "masterpiece" and "an authentically beautiful film".[8]

Subsequent development

Lee Isaac Chung continues to mentor young Rwandan filmmakers through Almond Tree Rwanda, the Rwandan outpost for his U.S.-based production company, Almond Tree Films. Almond Tree Rwanda has produced several acclaimed shorts that have traveled to international festivals.[9]

Awards

Official Selection

  • 2007 Cannes Film Festival
  • Toronto International Film Festival
  • Busan International Film Festival
  • 2008 Berlin International Film Festival
  • Sarajevo International Film Festival
  • Rotterdam Film Festival
  • Maryland Film Festival
  • New Directors/New Films Festival at the Museum of Modern Art
  • Buenos Aires International Film Festival (BAFICI)
  • AFI Fest 2007- Grand Prize
  • Amiens 2007
  • Independent Spirit Awards 2008- Someone to Watch (Nominee)
  • Gotham Awards 2008- Breakthrough Director (Nominee)

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=review&id=2478&reviewid=VE1117933771&cs=1|title=Features eligible for Teutonic coin|author=Simon Kingsley|work=Variety|accessdate=7 April 2015|date=31 August 2006}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4432194/year/2007.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Munyurangabo |accessdate=20 December 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975774|title=AFI honors ‘Munyurangabo’|author=Michael Jones|work=Variety|accessdate=7 April 2015|date=12 November 2007}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090722/REVIEWS/907229989|title=Munyurangabo|author=Roger Ebert|date=22 July 2009|work=suntimes.com|accessdate=7 April 2015}}
5. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/movies/23lim.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Dennis | last=Lim | title=Rwanda, Speaking in Its Own Voice | date=23 March 2008}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/munyurangabo/|title=Munyurangabo|date=29 May 2009|work=rottentomatoes.com|access-date=7 April 2015}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933771/|title=Liberation Day|author=Robert Koehler|work=Variety|access-date=7 April 2015|date=26 May 2007}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/article/a-better-tomorrow-munyurangabo |title=A Better Tomorrow: Munyurangabo |publisher=Film Comment |date= |access-date=21 March 2014}}
9. ^{{cite news|author=Christopher Vourlias |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/u-s-shingle-grows-rwanda-film-biz-1118049700/ |title=U.S. shingle grows Rwanda film biz |publisher=Variety |date=4 February 2012 |accessdate=21 March 2014}}
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External links

  • {{IMDb title|1031947}}
  • Voted #19 on The Arts and Faith Top 100 Films (2010)

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