Film
The Mercy of the Jungle
Virtual
Dir. Joël Karekezi | 2018, 91min, Belgium/France
With Marc Zinga, Stéphane Bak, Miss Shanel
At the outbreak of the Second Congo War, Rwandan soldiers Sergeant Xavier and Private Faustin are sent to hunt down Hutu rebels in the vast jungles of eastern Congo. Xavier is a stoic veteran of the ethnic wars that have plagued his country for years; Faustin is an eager young recruit who joined the army to avenge the death of his father and brothers. Under the relentless command of Major Kayitare, they march 80 kilometers a day in pursuit of the murderers of nearly one million Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide four years earlier. When they are accidentally left behind in the jungle, with only each other to rely on, they embark on an odyssey through one of the most beautiful, yet treacherous forests on earth, faced with the depths of their own war-torn souls.
Director, screenwriter, and producer Joël Karekezi joins producer Rhian Vialva in a conversation about The Mercy of the Jungle.
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