Movie Analysis: Hotel Rwanda

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Hotel Rwanda The movie starts with a radio announcer saying that Tutsis took Hutu land, and they are cockroaches and murderers. He states that Hutus are the majority, and that the infestation of Tutsi traitors and invaders will be squashed. Nest, Paul Rusesabagina and an employee from the Mille Collines Hotel, Kigali? which Paul is the manager of, going to get supplies for the hotel from George Rutagando. George is the leader of the Interahamwe, a Hutu military group. When Paul arrives home from work Tatiana’s brother and his family are visiting. Paul, his wife Tatiana, and their three children eat dinner with Tatiana’s brother’s family. Later that night, the Rusesabagina’s only son, Roger, tells them that there are soldiers outside. Paul, Tatiana, Tatiana’s brother, and his wife go outside to see for themselves. They witness their neighbor being beaten by Hutu soldiers. Tatiana pleads with Paul to do something, but he says that there is nothing that he can do. The next day, Paul sees Tutsi houses being burned down and people being killed along the side of the road and in their yards. When he gets into his house, he does not find his family. He looks all over the house for Tatiana and his children, and finds them along with their Tutsi neighbors hiding. The next morning, Hutu soldiers come to their house and take everyone that was staying at the Rusesabaginas with them. The soldiers take them to the Diplomat Hotel Diplomat or Mille Collines?, where Paul used to work at, and Paul breaks into the safe to get them money and booze. He secretly takes more money from the hotel safe and gives it to the soldiers after they threaten to kill Paul’s family and his neighbors. The Rusebaginas have to be ... ... middle of paper ... ... his army then leave without harming anyone. The refugees are told to call their influential friends, and some families are able to leave, including the Rusesabaginas. The woman from the Red Cross arrives back at the hotel, and Paul tells her to go and find his nieces. She says that they are probable dead but finally agrees to do so. Paul tells Tatiana that if the woman does not make it back in time their family must leave without their nieces. The woman does not show up when they are supposed to leave, so Paul sends his family on a UN truck without him. They scream for him, but it is too late for him to get back on. Meanwhile, Gregoire tells Hutu soldiers that the UN trucks are carrying Tutsis, not supplies. The soldiers surround the trucks and start to attack the passengers. Troops from Rwanda arrive soon after, and the trucks drive back to the hotel.

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