Shake Hands With The Devil emphasized General, Roméo Dallaire’s experience in Rwanda during the genocide. The film displayed how torn Dallaire was between his duty and his conscience when he finds himself eyewitness to hell on earth. In 1993, the United Nations dispatches Roméo Dallaire to Rwanda to command a peacekeeping mission. When the president’s plane is shot down in April 1994, chaos breaks out in Rwanda and Dallaire finds himself conflicted between saving the Rwandan People or keeping loyal to his organization by not intervening.
The film emphasizes how effected Dallaire was by his experience in Rwanda and shows flashbacks of the difficult decisions he was being forced to make because of the pressure of the UN. Dallaire went through posttraumatic stress because of his failed mission and felt remorse for not doing everything he could to stop the genocide. Dallaire showed determination and commitment to completeling his mission even without the support of his organization and the rest of the world. He found it very difficult to help the Rwandan people with limited resources and troops to protect them.
I really enjoyed the movie and thought Roy Dupis’s portrayal of Dallaire was exceptional. He outlined Dallaires struggle in Rwanda as well, as his determination to do everything he could to protect the Rwandan people.
Even though the mission failed, I feel like Roméo Dallaire is a true hero. Just because he feels as though he didn’t succeed, he still saved thousands of lives and never gave up on Rwanda even when most of the world did. A true hero stands up for what they believe in even if their standing alone.
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