in Rwanda and the killings at the ETO in particular, with details of the personal experiences of some of the film crew during the genocide. Cast (credited) John Hurt as Father Christopher Hugh Dancy as Joe Connor Dominique Horwitz as Capitaine Charles Delon Louis Mahoney as Sibomana Nicola Walker as Rachel Steve Toussaint as Roland David Gyasi as François Susan Nalwoga as Edda Victor Power as Julius Jack Pierce as Mark Musa Kasonka Jr. as Boniface Kizito Ssentamu Kayiira as Pierre Clare-Hope Ashitey as Marie Crew Director – Michael Caton-Jones Writers – David Wolstencroft (screenplay), Richard Alwyn (story), David Belton (story) Original Music – Dario Marianelli Cinematography – Ivan Strasburg Editing – Christian Lonk Casting – Anja Dihrberg, Karen Lindsay-Stewart Production Design – Bertram Strauß Art Direction – Astrid Sieben Set Decoration – Dagmar Wessel Costume Design – Dinah Collin Critical response The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 84% based on 63 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Complex, human characters and on-location shooting give Beyond the Gates palpable tension and urgency." In The Guardian critic Rob Mackey wrote: "If you didn't know the story, you might expect the film to develop into a nice little culture-clash comedy… Shooting Dogs boasts a real location: the school in Kigali where a nightmare played itself out." In The New Statesman Victoria Segal wrote: "Shooting Dogs was shot in Kigali and the geography plays a significant role in generating stark fear: the oddly deserted streets, the bodies in the undergrowth, the humidity and dust. It is full of prickling moments of evil…" Awards 1 win Heartland Film Festival 2006 Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature See also Hotel Rwanda, a 2004 film dealing with the genocide that centers on the Hôtel des Mille Collines, a location also seen in Sometimes in April. Shake Hands with the Devil, a 2007 film based on the book of the same name recounting General Dallaire's harrowing personal journey during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and how the United Nations failed to heed Dallaire's urgent pleas for further assistance to halt the massacre Rwandan genocide References External links Does Shooting Dogs Lie? Acts of Genocide: Abrahamsson, Christian; Environment and Planning D 2008 26(4):736-639 Introduction to a series of academic articles discussing the film 2005 films 2005 drama films BBC Film films British drama films English-language German films 2000s French-language