Nameless (2021 film)

{{Infobox film

| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Les anonymes}}

| director = Mutiganda Wa Nkunda

| writer = Mutiganda Wa Nkunda

| producer = Yuhi Amuli, Nadim Cheikhrouha

| starring = Yves Kijyana, Colombe Mukeshimana

| editing = Lydvine Hakizimana, David Pujol

| studio = IZACU, Tanit Films

| distributor = Orange Studio

| released = {{Film date|2021}}

| country = Rwanda

| language = Kinyarwanda

}}

Nameless (French title: Les anonymes) is a 2021 Rwandan drama film directed by Mutiganda Wa Nkunda in his directorial debut.{{Cite web|title=Nameless {{!}} Festival International de Films de Fribourg|url=https://www.fiff.ch/en/nameless|access-date=2021-11-21|website=www.fiff.ch|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-10-23|title=Nameless|url=http://thefilmverdict.com/2021/10/23/nameless/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=The Film Verdict|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193536/https://thefilmverdict.com/2021/10/23/nameless/|url-status=dead}} The film was screened at the 27th edition of the FESPACO, where it won a prize for Best Scenario.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-21|title=Rwandan filmmakers in Burkina Faso for FESPACO festival|url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/entertainment/rwandan-filmmakers-burkina-faso-fespaco-festival|access-date=2021-11-21|website=The New Times {{!}} Rwanda|language=en}} It was inspired by a senseless crime Nkunda witnessed in Kigali, and by Ken Loach's 1966 film Cathy Come Home.{{Cite web|title=Nameless - CLAP NOIR : cinémas et audiovisuels Africains|url=http://www.clapnoir.org/spip.php?article1264|access-date=2021-11-21|website=www.clapnoir.org}}

Synopsis

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The film was based on real events of the difficult life of a pair young lovers from Kigali, and their tragic descent into violence.{{Cite web|title=Berlinale Talents Project - NAMELESS|url=https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt//bt/project/profile/229086|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Berlinale Talents|language=en-GB}}

Cast

  • Yves Kijyana (as Philibert)
  • Colombe Mukeshimana (as Kathy)

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