''Birds Are Singing in Kigali'' () is a 2017 Polish drama film directed by
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Krzysztof Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze (2 April 1953 – 24 December 2014) was a Polish film director, cinematographer and actor, best known for his thriller ''The Debt (1999 film), The Debt'' (1999).Marek Haltof]''Polish National Cinema'' Berghahn Books, 2002.
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The film tells the story of a Polish ornithologist who saves a Tutsi girl from certain death. Kos-Krauze completed the film after her husband died mid-production in 2014.
Plot
The Polish ornithologist Anna Keller (Jowita Budnik) conducts research on vultures in Rwanda. Meanwhile, the conflict between the two population groups living in this country - Tutsi and Hutu, turns into the Tutsi genocide. Keller saves a young Rwandan (Eliane Umuhire) and takes her with him to Poland. It is a film about the power of nature, friendship and forgiveness.
Cast
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Jowita Budnik
Jowita Budnik (née Miondlikowska; born 28 November 1973) is a Polish actress.
Budnik was born in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw.
She made her film debut in 1985 at the age of 11 in Radosław Piwowarski's ''Kochankowie mojej ma ...
as Anna Keller
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Eliane Umuhire
Eliane Umuhire (born 1986) is a French-Rwandan actress. She is known for her breakthrough role in the Polish film '' Birds Are Singing in Kigali'' (2017), for which she won several Best Actress awards at various festivals. Other notable performa ...
as Claudine Mugambira
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Witold Wieliński
Witold Wieliński (born 26 June 1968) is a Polish actor. In 1991 he finished his studies in Warszawa.
Selected filmography
* 1992 - '' A Bachelor's Life Abroad'' as Wacek
* 2004 - '' The Wedding'' as Gruby
* 2008 - '' Four Nights with Anna''
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as Witek
Awards
Budnik and Umuhire received joint awards for the best actress at the 42nd Gdynia Film Festival and at the Festival in Karlovy Vary. At the Festival in Gdynia, the Krauze couple received the Silver Lions for the film, and Katarzyna Leśniak received the award for the best editing.
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2017 films
2017 drama films
Polish drama films
Films about the Rwandan genocide
English-language Polish films
English-language Rwandan films
Films set in Rwanda
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