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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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
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Director
Krzysztof Krauze
Director
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Screenplay
Krzysztof Krauze
Screenplay
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Producer
Krzysztof Ptak
Director of Photography
Wojciech Staroń
Director of Photography
Józefina Gocman-Dicks
Director of Photography
Paweł Szymański
Original Music Composer
Katarzyna Leśniak
Editor
Agnieszka Zawadowska
Costume Design
Claudine Murenzi
Costume Design
Agnieszka Zawadowska
Production Design
Claudine Murenzi
Production Design
