Our Lady of the Nile

Our Lady of the Nile

2020 · 93 min · FR · 6.2 (22 votes)
Dir. Atiq Rahimi · Starring Amanda Mugabezaki, Clariella Bizimana, Albina Kirenga, Belinda Rubango, Malaika Uwamahoro, Pascal Greggory
Drama

Rwanda, 1973. In the prestigious catholic institute 'Notre-Dame du Nil', perched on a hill, young Rwandan girls study to become the elite of the country. In the process of graduating, they share the same dormitory, the same dreams, the same problems of teenage girls. But in every corner of the country as well as in the school there are deep antagonisms that will forever change the destiny of these young girls and the whole country.

VIBE

This film feels like a slow, creeping dread. It captures the stifling atmosphere of a boarding school where simmering tensions beneath a veneer of normalcy threaten to erupt. A poignant, unsettling look at young lives caught in the crosshairs of societal conflict.

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