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My Neighbor, My Killer is a french film of genre Documentary directed by Anne Aghion released in USA on 27 april 2009

My Neighbor, My Killer (2009)

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Released in USA 27 april 2009
Length 1h20
Directed by
OriginFrance
Rating75% 3.7537953.7537953.7537953.7537953.753795

My Neighbor, My Killer (French: Mon voisin, mon tueur) is a 2009 French-American documentary film directed by Anne Aghion that focuses on the process of the Gacaca courts, a citizen-based justice system that was put into place in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. Filmed over ten years, it makes us reflect on how people can live together after such a traumatic experience. Through the story and the words of the inhabitants of a small rural community, we see survivors and killers learn how to coexist.
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