

Birds Are Singing in Kigali
2017-09-22 · 113 min · ★ 5.4
We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.
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Production details
- Directors
- Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
- Production companies
- Kosfilm, Odra-Film, Narodowe Centrum Kultury, Telewizja Polska, Studio A, Dolnośląski Konkurs Filmowy
- Countries
- Poland
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 1,480,000
Top Cast
Jowita BudnikAnna Keller
Eliane UmuhireClaudine Mugambira
Witold WielińskiWitek
Anna IlczukKatarzyna Falska
Aleksander Mikołajczakcolonel
Jerzy GudejkoJan
Maciej Tomaszewskiclerk
Wiesław Cichyofficer
Bolesław AbartHorst Keller
Mazimpaka KennedyBitero
Maciej Wojdyłapoliceman
Przemysław Puchałapoliceman
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