Birds Are Singing in Kigali

Sep 22, 2017

1h 53m

★ 5.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

KOSFILM Joanna Kos-Krauze

Odra-Film

Narodowe Centrum Kultury

Telewizja Polska

Studio A

Dolnośląski Konkurs Filmowy

Birds Are Singing in Kigali Trailers

Cast

Anna Keller

Jowita Budnik

Claudine Mugambira

Eliane Umuhire

Witek

Witold Wieliński

Jean Paul

Ciza Remy Muhirwa

Sebastian

Herve Kimenyi Rutaremara

Marie-Christine

Didacienne Nibagwire

Katarzyna Falska

Anna Ilczuk

colonel

Aleksander Mikołajczak

Jan

Jerzy Gudejko

clerk

Maciej Tomaszewski

officer

Wiesław Cichy

Horst Keller

Bolesław Abart

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