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Small Country: An African Childhood

7.220201h 52mMovieDrama

Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.

DirectorEric Barbier
WriterEric Barbier
ProducersPhilippe Rousselet·Eric Jehelmann

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Cast · Directed by Eric Barbier

JRJean-Paul Rouve
Jean-Paul Rouve
Michel
IKIsabelle Kabano
Isabelle Kabano
Yvonne
DVDjibril Vancoppenolle
Djibril Vancoppenolle
Gabriel
DM
Delya de Medina
Ana
VVVeronika Varga
Veronika Varga
Mme Economopoulos
TMTao Monladja
Tao Monladja
Gino
RR
Ruben Ruhanamilindi
Armand
BG
Brian Gakwavu
Lucien
KH
Kenny Hubbawive
Paul
NM
Nelson Membe
Francis
EN
Edouard Niyonteze
Prothé
EN
Elvis Nahimana
Innocent

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