Synopse
Ruanda, 1994. The Polish ornithologist Anna is on a field trip when the genocide of the Tutsis at the hands of the Hutus breaks out. Anna manages to save Claudine, the daughter of a colleague murdered with the rest of his family, and get her to Poland. But the pair find no peace: the trauma is too deep, their relationship too tense. When the situation returns to normal, Claudine returns home. Anna accompanies her in the search for her former life and the graves of her relatives. Jowita Budnik and Eliane Umuhire won the awards for Best Actress in this impressive drama at the Karlovy Vary festival.
Info
Original Title: Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali
International Title: Birds Are Singing in Kigali
Category: Feature
Section: Veto!
Version & Subtitles: English, Polish OV with German subtitles
Director: Krzysztof Krauze, Joanna Kos-Krauze
Screenplay: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
Cast/Protagonists: Jowita Budnik, Eliane Umuhire, Witold Wielinski, Ciza Remy Muhriwa, Herve Kimenyi Rutaremara, Didacienne Nibagwire, Anna Ilczuk
Production country: Poland
Year of Production: 2017
Length: 113 min
Producer: Joanna Kos-Krauze
Production company: KOSFILM
Cinematography: Krzysztof Ptak, Józefina Gocman, Wojciech Staroń
Editor: Katarzyna Leśniak
Music: Paweł Szymański
Production Design: Claudine Murenzi, Agnieszka Zawadowska
World Sales: KOSFILM
Distributor: Aleksandra Biernacka
