Movie: Small Country: An African Childhood

Top 6 Billed Cast

Jean-Paul Rouve
Jean-Paul Rouve

Michel

Isabelle Kabano
Isabelle Kabano

Yvonne

Djibril Vancoppenolle
Djibril Vancoppenolle

Gabriel

Delya de Medina
Delya de Medina

Ana

Veronika Varga
Veronika Varga

Mme Economopoulos

Tao Monladja
Tao Monladja

Gino

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2020-08-26

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  • Tagline

    When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History

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