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 | 1.736 |
Directed By
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze
Crew
Krzysztof Krauze
Elżbieta Benkowska
Józefina Gocman-Dicks
Claudine Murenzi
Omar Mouktar Sibomana
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Jerzy Rudziński
Adam Bagnowski
Hope Azeda
Wojciech Staroń
Michał Stajniak
Angela Shyaka
Bartosz Świniarski
Agnieszka Zawadowska
Abdoulhamani Rwamudanga
Michał Chackiel Kos
Marek Modzelewski
Maja Napieracz
Agnieszka Echallier
Maja Obelnicka
Rafał Bubnicki
Jean Baptiste Ntezimana
Andrzej Kowalewski
Jakub Bossowski
Didacienne Nibagwire
Alicja Smotryś
Maciej Pakuła
Krzysztof Adamus
Aneta Kielak
Jean de Dieu Ngirabaganwa
Nicole Mukimbili
Beata Shyaka
Aleksandra Bielska
Joel Echallier
Robert Henkelman
Zoriana Kozii
Radosław Ochnio
Marek Cieślik
Aleksandra Bielska
Claudine Murenzi
Paweł Szymański
Joel Echallier
Joanna Bochenska
Dariusz Skrzypek
Agnieszka Zawadowska
Ewa Łowżył
Miłosz Bielski
Marta Andrzejuk
Mirosław Nasławski
Miłosz Bogić
Małgorzata Długosz
Katarzyna Kuriata
Andrzej Białas
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Krzysztof Ptak
Wojciech Staroń
Krzysztof Krauze
Katarzyna Leśniak
Józefina Gocman-Dicks
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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