Birds Are Singing in Kigali (2017)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $1,480,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | pl |
| Popularity | 0.642 |
Directed By
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze
Crew
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze
Michał Chackiel Kos
Abdoulhamani Rwamudanga
Elżbieta Benkowska
Hope Azeda
Józefina Gocman-Dicks
Wojciech Staroń
Jerzy Rudziński
Michał Stajniak
Bartosz Świniarski
Marek Modzelewski
Agnieszka Zawadowska
Claudine Murenzi
Angela Shyaka
Adam Bagnowski
Omar Mouktar Sibomana
Mirosław Nasławski
Andrzej Kowalewski
Robert Henkelman
Joel Echallier
Jakub Bossowski
Claudine Murenzi
Agnieszka Zawadowska
Jean de Dieu Ngirabaganwa
Jean Baptiste Ntezimana
Maciej Pakuła
Paweł Szymański
Beata Shyaka
Radosław Ochnio
Miłosz Bogić
Joel Echallier
Agnieszka Echallier
Joanna Bochenska
Małgorzata Długosz
Maja Obelnicka
Katarzyna Kuriata
Ewa Łowżył
Marek Cieślik
Didacienne Nibagwire
Nicole Mukimbili
Krzysztof Adamus
Aneta Kielak
Aleksandra Bielska
Miłosz Bielski
Maja Napieracz
Aleksandra Bielska
Alicja Smotryś
Dariusz Skrzypek
Andrzej Białas
Rafał Bubnicki
Marta Andrzejuk
Zoriana Kozii
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze
Krzysztof Ptak
Józefina Gocman-Dicks
Wojciech Staroń
Katarzyna Leśniak
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Jacek Wiśniewski
TOP CAST
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
Mazimpaka Kennedy
Bitero
Joel Echallier
Wolf
Alicja Smotryś
nun
Maciej Wojdyła
policeman
Przemysław Puchała
policeman
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