The tension between the Hutu and Tutsi people lead to a war in Rwanda. Paul Ruesabagina is the manager of Sabena owned Hotel des Mille Collines. Paul is Hutu but his wife Tatiana is Tutsi. Georges Rutaganda does not like Paul's marriage to Tatiana. Georges is a Hutu extremest, a goods supplier to the hotel, and the local leader of Interahamwe, I brutal anti- Tutsi militia. As the situation worsens in Rwanda, Paul and his family observe neighbors being killed in ethnic violence. Paul bribes people alcohol and money to try and keep his family safe. When Civil war erupts and an officer threatens Paul and his neighbors, he takes them to the hotel. Soon more and more people start coming to the hotel to find safety. People from the Untied Nations camp, the Red Cross, and orphanages.
The UN Peacekeeping forces are led by Canadian Colonel Oliver. They are unable to fight against the Hutus because they can not intervene with the genocide. The people who were there on vacation got evacuated but the Tutsi were left behind. Than the UN tried to evacuate a group of people from the hotel, but the Hutu ambushed them. So they had to turn back to the hotel. Paul then goes to plead with the Rwandan Army General Augustin Bizimungu to help them. Soon after blackmailing the general, Paul, his family, and everybody in the hotel leave. They travel the Tutsi rebel lines. While driving there they passed through retreating Hutu refugees. Paul saved 1, 268 people, and now lives with his family in Belgium. When the genocide ended in 2004 almost one million people had died from it.
The UN Peacekeeping forces are led by Canadian Colonel Oliver. They are unable to fight against the Hutus because they can not intervene with the genocide. The people who were there on vacation got evacuated but the Tutsi were left behind. Than the UN tried to evacuate a group of people from the hotel, but the Hutu ambushed them. So they had to turn back to the hotel. Paul then goes to plead with the Rwandan Army General Augustin Bizimungu to help them. Soon after blackmailing the general, Paul, his family, and everybody in the hotel leave. They travel the Tutsi rebel lines. While driving there they passed through retreating Hutu refugees. Paul saved 1, 268 people, and now lives with his family in Belgium. When the genocide ended in 2004 almost one million people had died from it.