Birds Are Singing in Kigali

September. 22,2017      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Jowita Budnik as  Anna Keller
Eliane Umuhire as  Claudine Mugambira
Witold Wielinski as  Witek
Anna Ilczuk as  Katarzyna Falska
Aleksander Mikołajczak as  colonel
Jerzy Gudejko as  Jan
Maciej Tomaszewski as  clerk
Wiesław Cichy as  officer
Bolesław Abart as  Horst Keller
Mazimpaka Kennedy as  Bitero

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Reviews

Cortechba
2017/09/22

Overrated

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Fairaher
2017/09/23

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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Kaydan Christian
2017/09/24

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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Taha Avalos
2017/09/25

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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