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Ben'Imana

2026 · 101 min

A quiet, emotionally heavy drama that asks you to sit with grief, forgiveness, and moral contradiction without easy answers.

Overview
Rwanda, 2012. The country is emerging from an era of silence after the 1994 Tutsi genocide, and people's courts are being set up with the aim of bringing justice and reconciliation. Veneranda, a survivor, is convinced of the need for these trials. Despite pressures, she organises discussion sessions between victims and the families of the executioners. Therapy for some, an act of betrayal for others, these testimonial sessions revive and reveal the traumas that each of them try to overcome, in their own way. The wounds of Veneranda's past are exposed again when she learns of her daughter's unexpected pregnancy and the identity of the father. Veneranda has to face her own contradictions and the dark parts of her past.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • trauma
  • guilt
  • morality
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
Written by
Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
Starring
Clémentine U. Nyirinkindi, Kesia Kelly Nishimwe, Arivere Kagoyire, Isabelle Kabano, Antoinette Uwamahoro, Leocadie Uwabeza, Aime Valens Tuyisenge, Hamida Uwimana
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Cinematography
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Runtime
101 min
Country
Gabon, Norway, Rwanda, France
Languages
Kinyarwanda

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