The Day God Walked Away

Kigali, the first day of the genocide. Rwandans are massacring each other and Westerners are fleeing the country. Jacqueline, a young Tutsi nanny for a Belgian family, finds herself abandoned. Hiding in the roof, she manages to escape the killers. Meanwhile, back in her village, her children are slaughtered. Hunted down, she takes refuge in the forest. She finds a wounded man who she cares for and brings back to life. But she herself is destroyed and, despite the efforts of her thankful companion, she remains so. Deprived of everything, her faith included, she has but one obsession: to end it all.
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Script: Philippe van Leeuw
Cinematography: Marc Koninckx
Editing: Andree Davanture
Sound: Paul Heymans
Music: Annonciata kamaliza
Actors: Ruth Nirere (Jacqueline), Afazali Dewaele (the man), Lola Tuyaerts (Sandrine)
Production: Artemis Productions, Belgium T. +32 2 216 2324 info@artemisproductions.com www.artemisproductions.com
Producers: Patrick Quinet, Toussaint Tiendredeogo
Co-production: Les Films du Mogho, France www.lejouroudieuestpartienvoyage-lefilm.com
Production Design: Kathy Lebrun
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Belgium-France
Production Year: 2009
Duration: 100
Contact: MK2, France T. +33 1 4467 3000 F. +33 1 4307 2963 intlsales@mk2.com www.mk2.com

Philippe van Leeuw

Born in Brussels, Belgium in 1954, he currently lives in Paris. He studied at the INSAS film school in Brussels and then moved to Los Angeles to study cinematography at the American Film Institute where his teachers included Sven Nykvist and Conrad Hall. After returning to Europe, he was cinematographer on various documentaries and commercials. His first feature film as a cinematographer was La vie de Jésus (The Life of Jesus) by Bruno Dumont in 1997. Since then he has switched to directing fiction with The Day God Walked Away being his debut film as a director.

Filmography

2009 The Day God Walked Away 2017 Insyriated