Shake Hands with the Devil<\/a><\/i>, starring Roy Dupuis as Canadian general Rom\u00e9o Dallaire, has already begun shooting on location in Rwanda. Allan Thompson writes: \u201cThe script moves back and forth between Dallaire\u2019s time in Rwanda and the period of his mental collapse and retirement from the military years later, with the Dallaire character speaking to a therapist.\u201d He also notes that the real-life Dallaire has been very involved with the script but is understandably uncomfortable with the filmmakers\u2019 plan to depict the suicide attempts that took place after his stint in Rwanda.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Star reports today that the film adaptation of Shake Hands with the Devil, starring Roy Dupuis as Canadian general Rom\u00e9o Dallaire, has already begun shooting on location in Rwanda. Allan Thompson writes: \u201cThe script moves back and forth between Dallaire\u2019s time in Rwanda and the period of his mental collapse and retirement from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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