Beyond the Gates

Name: Beyond the Gates
Genre: Drama, History
Released: March 9, 2007
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Hugh Dancy, John Hurt

2007

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BEYOND THE GATES

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Renaissance Films | Release Date: March 9, 2007

Starring: Hugh Dancy, John Hurt

Summary: Based on true events and filmed in Rwanda with genocide survivors as cast and crew, Beyond the Gates tells their shared story of humanity in the most inhumane circumstances. This is a film about the choices we make when we are free to choose. (IFC Films)

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

Genre(s): Drama, History

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 115 min

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TV Guide Magazine - Ken Fox

Caton-Jones' refusal to pull back on showing exactly what happened to the 800,000 Rwandans who were murdered that spring means that strong stomachs and even stronger nerves are required, but the film demands to be seen by anyone attempting to grasp how -- and just how quickly -- genocide can occur. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Kevin Crust

Tense and gut-wrenching, Beyond the Gates is a horrifying story told with grace and compassion. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Michael Phillips

If Beyond the Gates were merely a well-intentioned bore, the reality might seem jarring. As is, the coda fits and feels like the only possible ending--proof that surviving to help tell the story of a genocidal nightmare is the best revenge. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - Ruthe Stein

Powerful and moving. Read full review

New York Post - Kyle Smith

The film is occasionally heavy-handed, and the priest character is almost absurdly saintly, but there is an awful power to scenes such as one in which the Europeans are evacuated on trucks. Read full review

Village Voice - Ella Taylor

Though hobbled by its anxious impulse to teach history to an audience that by now surely knows the basic contours of Rwanda's tragedy, the script apportions blame where it belongs (on high), while leaving smaller fry--including an admirably un-cute BBC journalist--dangling, however sympathetically, on the hook. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Marc Savlov

Beyond the Gates bears witness to the worst of the worst, but these days, and far more importantly, so does YouTube. Read full review

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SeanH.

Mar 16, 2007

It is one of the most intense, riveting and honest pieces of cinema I have ever seen. I mean no disrespect towards "Hotel Rwanda" which is a very strong and important film, but I can tell you that it simply pales in comparison to "Beyond the Gates" which was shot in Rwanda at the actual It is one of the most intense, riveting and honest pieces of cinema I have ever seen. I mean no disrespect towards "Hotel Rwanda" which is a very strong and important film, but I can tell you that it simply pales in comparison to "Beyond the Gates" which was shot in Rwanda at the actual locations in and around Kigali.… Expand