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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.
Small Country: An African Childhood is a 2020 drama film that follows 10-year-old Gabriel, a carefree expatriate child in Burundi whose world transforms when regional tensions from Rwanda erupt in 1993. The film explores how geopolitical conflict shatters childhood innocence through the eyes of a young boy navigating his family's struggle to survive.
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Jean-Paul RouveMichel
Isabelle KabanoYvonne
Djibril VancoppenolleGabriel- Delya de MedinaAna
Veronika VargaMme Economopoulos
Tao MonladjaGino- Ruben RuhanamilindiArmand
- Brian GakwavuLucien
- Kenny HubbawivePaul
- Nelson MembeFrancis
- Edouard NiyontezeProthé
- Elvis NahimanaInnocent
- Joseph Amani NdumePascal
- Chloé GasaroFelicite
- Benny BumakoPacifique
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Small Country: An African Childhood — frequently asked
When was Small Country: An African Childhood released?
The film was released on August 26, 2020.
What is the movie about?
The film follows Gabriel, a 10-year-old boy living in a comfortable expatriate community in Burundi, whose happy, carefree life is upended when escalating tensions from neighboring Rwanda spill over into his region in 1993, threatening his family and innocence.
Is Small Country: An African Childhood based on a true story?
The film is based on the novel by Gaël Faye and draws on real historical events, specifically the 1993 tensions and conflict that affected the Great Lakes region of Africa.
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