2005 · drama · history · war
Sometimes in April (2005)
Directed by Raoul Peck2h 20m2005
Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Our read: Sometimes in April (2005) (2005) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · history · war entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / history, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
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