Small Country: An African Childhood
Seen it?2020 | 112 min | Drama
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who loves a strong drama.
- The mood
- Harrowing.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 52 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
7.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$3 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Eric Barbier
- Jean-Paul RouveMichel
- Isabelle KabanoYvonne
- Djibril VancoppenolleGabriel
- Delya de MedinaAna
- Veronika VargaMme Economopoulos
- Tao MonladjaGino
- Ruben RuhanamilindiArmand
- Brian GakwavuLucien
- Kenny HubbawivePaul
- Nelson MembeFrancis