Rwanda, 1973.
Our Lady of the Nileis a prestigious Catholic boarding school perched high on a hill, where teenage girls are groomed to be the Rwandan elite. Graduation on the horizon, they share the same dormitory, the same dreams and concerns.
But throughout the country as well as within the school, deep-seated antagonisms rumble. Changing these young girls’ lives – and the entire nation – forever.
CAST
Amanda Mugabekazi
Albina Kirenga
Pascal Greggory (Non-Fiction)
SCREENPLAY
Atiq Rahimi (Prix Goncourt 2008 for The Patience Stone)
& Ramata Sy (Sibel)
DOP
Thierry Arbogast (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Lucy, The Patience Stone)
EDITOR
Hervé de Luze (Academy Awards nominee in 2003 for The Pianist, 3 times César Winner)
PRODUCERS
Chapter 2 (Le Brio, Daddy or Mommy) & Les Films du Tambour (Sibel, Dégradé)
Coproduced by France 2 Cinéma, Swoon Productions & Belga Productions
Toronto IFF 2019 - Opening Film, Contemporary World Cinema
'A straightforward adaptation of Scholastique Mukasonga’s 2012 novel that effectively details the ethnic tensions that would lead to the 1994 Rwandan genocide."
"Visuals are so lush you want to reach out and touch the leaves on the trees"
VARIETY
''A marvellous ensemble cast of young women''
SCREENDAILY
“A story that leaves a deep impression, Rahimi films it compassionately, without grandstanding.”
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
PRESSKIT
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