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The Mercy of the Jungle

When Sergeant Xavier and Private Faustin get accidentally separated from their battalion, they decide to move further west to find their comrades.

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Deze voorstelling maakt deel uit van Rialto Filmclub met als gastspreker deze maand Ernst-Jan Pfauth.

The Mercy of the Jungle

The Rwandan genocide of 1994, with Hutus killing Tutsis, had a long lingering effect, resulting for one in the Second Congo War of 1998. It is against this background that Rwandan director Joël Karekezi situates the events of this war drama. Though that war cost almost 5 million lives, he does not show any gory violence, but he tells a story of two men getting to know each other under extremely harsh circumstances. It is essentially a story of brotherhood.

After war breaks out in Congo, a battalion of Rwandan soldiers, including Sergeant Xavier and Private Faustin, set out for Congo to hunt down Hutu rebels. During a night-time raid in the jungle, Xavier and Faustin are accidentally separated from their battalion. They decide to move further west to find their comrades. A life-threatening journey, especially as Congolese militias are on their trail. Awarded at the Ouagadougou film festival and more.

JOEL KAREKEZI (1985, Rwanda) won the Nile Grand Prize 2014 at Luxor African Film Festival for his first feature, Imbabazi. His second feature, The Mercy of the Jungle, has picked up awards including a FESPACO Gold Stallion, Best Film at the Africa Movie Academy Awards, the Junior Jury Prize at FIFF Namur, Milano Film Festival's Digital Award and a Silver Hugo Award at Chicago International Film Festival.