Cinema
The Rwandan Child
Manirafashwa
Gaspard Habiyambere · 1986
Synopsis
A Rwandan film of 1986, shot under the title Manirafashwa and also recorded under the titles L'Enfant rwandais and The Rwandan Child. Neither its plot, nor its running time, nor its language, nor its cast is known, and it cannot be viewed online. Only one viewer has commented on it, on an American database.
Context
The surveys devoted to the country's films cite, for the 1980s, only foreign shoots, such as the American film by Michael Apted on the mountain gorillas, shot in part in the country. Manirafashwa does not appear there: its presence in the catalogue is due to its listing by IMDb and Kinobox, which attach it to Rwanda and date it to 1986. It therefore belongs to the country's very small production before 1994, on which sources are almost entirely lacking.
Who it is for
A film that cannot be found online today; it is included here for its rarity, for lack of a description of its content.
Prizes and reception
The only viewer to have commented on it on IMDb calls it brilliant, well directed, well acted and served by excellent music.