On the screen, a lush landscape, a heavy rain of heaven, we are in the South Kivi, one of the richest regions of Africa (water, oil, diamonds ...). In this province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, crossing the borders between Rwanda and Burundi, the war has been raging for over 20 years. But not a war or two armies clash, rather a tribal war, or militias and groups "rebels" destroying populations to recover villages for objectives which they themselves are ignorant.
Their main weapons are made to rape and kill women and children. With techniques increasingly developed that continue to push back the limits of horror. Among the abominations which are capable his "warriors": violating course even babies, stick a machete in the female sex, forcing boys to rape their own mothers, burying alive men and women ...
Spotlight on an admirable man
The documentary by Thierry Michel and Colette Braeckman turns the projector on both a disgrace and an extraordinary physician, Dr. Denis Mukwege. Formed in Belgium and France, gynecology, at Angers hospital, it could incorporate a large hospital and quietly continue his career. He chose to risk his life for physically and morally fix its women who have escaped death.
"Women's bodies has become a battlefield, and rape used as a weapon of war ... How silent when, for over 15 years, we see that even a surgeon can not get used to seeing? How silent when we know that these crimes are planned with mobile economic basely? "He calls the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Under close guard night and day, he struggles with his means against inhumanity. A recognized and rewarded by numerous awards battle: Hero for Africa Sakharov Prize, Baudouin Prize ...
Why this film is to challenge us?
Today, between attacks (Paris, Sousse ...), massacres (Congo, Eastern Christians) and wars (Syria) and forgiveness to those I forget, is a strong temptation not to believe in anything. This film gives voice to a good man, a true hero.
"A man who fights every day at the risk of his life, one of his men who are the pride of Africa, to the equal of a Nelson Mandela" based director Thierry Michel.
And the battle that leads physician should be acknowledged and supported.
The boundaries move, wars are gaining ground. Africa has no monopoly of horror. This militant film leads us to reflect on situations and issues that can no longer evade.
The man who repairs the women, the wrath of Hippocrates, a film by Thierry Michel and Colette Braeckman, directed by Thierry Michel - National release February 17, 2016
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