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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $1,480,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | pl |
| Popularity | 1.291 |
Directed By
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze
Crew
Jerzy Rudziński
Bartosz Świniarski
Adam Bagnowski
Hope Azeda
Michał Chackiel Kos
Józefina Gocman-Dicks
Krzysztof Krauze
Agnieszka Zawadowska
Claudine Murenzi
Abdoulhamani Rwamudanga
Mirosław Nasławski
Jakub Bossowski
Jean de Dieu Ngirabaganwa
Nicole Mukimbili
Aneta Kielak
Alicja Smotryś
Elżbieta Benkowska
Angela Shyaka
Marek Cieślik
Krzysztof Adamus
Aleksandra Bielska
Michał Stajniak
Omar Mouktar Sibomana
Beata Shyaka
Joel Echallier
Katarzyna Kuriata
Maja Obelnicka
Andrzej Białas
Claudine Murenzi
Marek Modzelewski
Joanna Bochenska
Agnieszka Zawadowska
Radosław Ochnio
Ewa Łowżył
Aleksandra Bielska
Marta Andrzejuk
Paweł Szymański
Miłosz Bielski
Małgorzata Długosz
Dariusz Skrzypek
Wojciech Staroń
Didacienne Nibagwire
Maja Napieracz
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Joel Echallier
Maciej Pakuła
Rafał Bubnicki
Andrzej Kowalewski
Zoriana Kozii
Robert Henkelman
Jean Baptiste Ntezimana
Miłosz Bogić
Agnieszka Echallier
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Wojciech Staroń
Józefina Gocman-Dicks
Katarzyna Leśniak
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze
Krzysztof Ptak
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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