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Small Country: An African Childhood(2020)
Status: Released
Date: 2020-08-26
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163 Votes
Time: 1h 52m
When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History
Overview:
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.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France,
Belgium
ProductionCompanies: 
Petit Pays Film
Movie: Small Country: An African Childhood
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jean-Paul Rouve
Michel
Isabelle Kabano
Yvonne
Djibril Vancoppenolle
Gabriel
Veronika Varga
Mme Economopoulos
Tao Monladja
Gino
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Overview
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
Average
7.123
Rating:
3.6 startsTagline
When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History
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