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Birds Are Singing in Kigali

Birds Are Singing in Kigali

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 22, 2017

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Drama

User Score

55%

Original Title

Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali

Production Companies

KOSFILM Joanna Kos-Krauze, Odra Film, Narodowe Centrum Kultury, TVP, Studio A, PISF, Dolnośląski Konkurs Filmowy, Kino Świat

Director

Joanna Kos-Krauze

Budget

$1,480,000

Description

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.