Birds Are Singing in Kigali

Birds Are Singing in Kigali

2017 · 113 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama, History

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.

Directed by Joanna Kos-Krauze · Written by Joanna Kos-Krauze

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Jowita Budnik Anna Keller
Eliane Umuhire Claudine Mugambira
Witold Wieliński Witek
Ciza Remy Muhirwa Jean Paul
Herve Kimenyi Rutaremara Sebastian
Didacienne Nibagwire Marie-Christine
Anna Ilczuk Katarzyna Falska
Aleksander Mikołajczak colonel
Jerzy Gudejko Jan
Maciej Tomaszewski clerk
Wiesław Cichy officer
Bolesław Abart Horst Keller

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