Movie·2020·1h 52m
Small Country: An African Childhood
When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History
Country
France
Language
French
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The Story
Original title: Petit Pays
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.
Producer
Jérôme Salle, Philippe Rousselet
Cinematography
Antoine Sanier
Music
Renaud Barbier
Editor
Jennifer Augé
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Jean-Paul Rouve
Michel
Isabelle Kabano
Yvonne
Djibril Vancoppenolle
Gabriel
Delya de Medina
Ana
Veronika Varga
Mme Economopoulos
Tao Monladja
Gino
Ruben Ruhanamilindi
Armand
Brian Gakwavu
Lucien
Kenny Hubbawive
Paul
Nelson Membe
Francis
Edouard Niyonteze
Prothé
Elvis Nahimana
Innocent
Joseph Amani Ndume
Pascal
Chloé Gasaro
Felicite
Benny Bumako
Pacifique
Tatiana Nikuze
Mariana
Febronie Mukamabano
Rosalie
Florentine Kabasinga
Eusébie
// crew
Crew
Antoine Sanier
Director of Photography
Jennifer Augé
Editor
Jérôme Salle
Producer
Philippe Rousselet
Producer
Eric Jehelmann
Producer
Eric Barbier
Director, Writer
Renaud Barbier
Original Music Composer
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