Birds Are Singing in Kigali

Birds Are Singing in Kigali 2017

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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.

  • Released: 2017-09-22
  • Runtime: 113 minutes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Stars: Jowita Budnik, Eliane Umuhire, Witold Wielinski, Herve Kimenyi Rutaremara, Anna Ilczuk, Aleksander Mikołajczak, Ciza Remy Muhirwa, Didacienne Nibagwire, Jerzy Gudejko, Maciej Tomaszewski, Wiesław Cichy, Bolesław Abart, Joel Echallier, Alicja Smotryś, Maciej Wojdyła, Krzysztof Bochenek, Teresa Sawicka, Clarisse Hirwa, Patrick Dusabe, Rafał Miller  Show all >
    Radosław Jędrak, Hanna Sztwiertnia, Barbara Krawczyk, Piotr Filipiak, Ireneusz Dydacki, Helena Stasiewicz, Julian Rypuła, Piotr Seredyński, Bożena Zagórna, Krystyna Zmitrowicz, Piotr Tyszko-Chmielowiec, Krzysztof Rypuła, Wojciech Czech, Dariusz Dydacki, Bartłomiej Gola, Jean Eric Kayishema, Andrzej Kaczmarek, Małgorzata Wagner-Rypuła, Miłosz Ułamek, Aleksandra Wasińska, Elżbieta Białowąs, Robert Dydacki, Przemysław Puchała, Katarzyna Halamus, Krzysztof Rypuła jr, Nikola Sakalus, Elżbieta Urbańska, Claudine Diatta Umutesi, Dariusz Potocki, Franciszek Kucharski, Bettina Harnischfeger, Antoni Rypuła, Małgorzata Pietkiewicz, Sebastian Zagórny, Mazimpaka Kennedy
  • Director: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze