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PLOT

The name of the movie "Sometimes in April" is said to come from the memory of the massive genocide that started in April during 1994.

The story goes from present to past throughout the storyline.

In the present: The story starts off in April 2004, Augustin is a school teacher and plays a movie on the documentary of the Rawandan genocide to his students. Augustin lives with Martine his wife who is pregnant with a boy. Honore, Augustin brother Honore is undergoing trial for his actions in the genocide and asks his brother to come visit him. He wants to tell his brother about the death of his wife and children during the genocide. Agustine struggles throughout the movie with whether he should see his brother and hear how his family died. Past: Augustin is a captain in the military and receives an execution list of the names of traitors to the country. On this list are names of Tutsi and Hutu people that the Hutu Military want killed. Agustin and Xavier both military men married to Tutsi women began to realize the severity of the matter and become cautious. The Hutu Military disagree with the United Nation power sharing agreement and disagree with their President signing off on such an agreement. The Presidents plane is shot down later that night and fear breaks out across the city. The Hutu Military begin their executions that very night the plane is shot down.

Ausgustin who lives with his wife Jeanne and have three children, 1 girl and 2 boys. Honore, is a radio personality who speaks about abuse the Hutu had to endure in the past and now that they have power they will never forget terrible treatment they endured at the hands of the tutsi. He also expresses his disgust towards the Tutsi who once ruled over the Hutu. Despite his brother being married to a tutsi woman and having half tutsi children, he does not support the marriage.

Augustine calls Honore as he is a very influential and believes he can safely lead his family safely away. Honore struggles but then agrees and he drives Jeanee and the children through the barriers using his influence, only to be stopped by a new barrier. His tries to persuade the military officials to let them through but cannot due to the family being Tutsi. Agustin and Xavier attempt to flee the city to check on Augustin's daughter despite their names appearing on a list of people to be executed. At one of the barriers the car is stopped and his life is spared but the life of Xavier is taken. Due to his name being said as a traitor on the radio.

Martine is a teacher at a catholic school where the military army breaks down the doors and begin to separate the girls into two groups, Tutsi and Hutu. Martine's group of girls ban not to let them separate each other, and that sisters stick together. The girls and Martine stand up to the men and tell them that they will not seperate and that the men should leave. Marine is hit and knocked down and the students are shot down one by one. Later in the night Martine wakes up and crawls out of the dead bodies of her students who were shot down by the military. Two of her students survive and three of them find shelter in a near by hut but then Annmarie, who is Agustin daughter dies from her wounds. Martine takes the other girl into the fields for shelter until they are found by the Rawandan Patriotic Front.

In the present: Agustin visits the prison where his brother is housed and other officals on trial for the genocide. He is furious that the killers of thousands are able to live in luxury with medicine and meals while there are others in the country that fight everyday to survive. Unable to look at his brother he leaves before the visit. Later, through his hotel wall he befriends a woman who invites him to the trial where she is an anonymous witness. He attends the trial and hears of the consistent rape that the witness endured by military soilders.

In the Past: Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) wins the war, and Hutu Military begin to flee. Agustin is 1 of the refugees that is saved. He goes to the catholic school in search of his daughter Annemarie. He meets Martine who is cleaning up the dead bodies of her students. Augustin asks about his daughter and Martine's silence answers his question and he cries.

In the present: Agustin finally meets with his brother Honore. Who shares that he was on the run for three years and thought he would never see him again, and that he has missed him. Honore shares with his brother the events of the day his family was killed. He explains that he tried to negotiate with a military official but the lieutenant was told to kill them all the Tutsi. The children are pulled out of the car and the mother is knocked down trying to protect them. The brother ends up saving the wife who was forgotten about during the commotion. He pushed her into a ditch until nightfall. He was now notified as a traitor and lost his safety. He left the unconscious jeanne at a church for safety. Honore later finds out Jeanne was being rapped with other woman at the church after the military raided the sanctuary. After she was raped for the last time she sacrificed her life by setting off a bomb killing military men who were planning to kill them all that night.

Ausutine reflects on the news from his brother. He leaves the prison and goes back to his wife, to begin his family with his new family. But he will not forget the love of Jeanne and his children.

The films credits detail by day 100, 1 million people were killed. 82 people were charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rawanda. 20 people at that time were convicted and sentenced to prison for their actions.