Ben’imana

Scenario by Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo Production by Ejo-Cine (Rwanda) and Princesse M Prod (Gabon) Co-producer by Les Films du Bilboquet (France) and Duo Film (Norway) Distributor by Mk2 Rwanda 2012. The country is coming out of an era of silence after the Tsuti genocide of 1994, popular courts are set up with the aim of bringing justice to reconciliation. Veneranda, a survivor, is convinced of the need for these trials. Despite the pressures, she organizes discussion sessions between the victims and the families of the executioners. Therapy for some, an act of betrayal for others, these testimonies revive and reveal the traumas that everyone tries to overcome in their own way. The wounds of Veneranda’s past reopen when she learns of her daughter’s unexpected pregnancy and the identity of the parent. Venerandab must then face his own contradictions and the dark parts of his past.