A Polish woman saves one life from genocide—then learns you can't outrun trauma with good intentions.
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.
Acting
Eliane Umuhire's silences speak entire histories.
Direction
Kos-Krauze finishing her late husband's vision—devastating meta-text.
Cinematography
Birds as witness, birds as metaphor, birds as impossible hope.
Director
Joanna Kos-Krauze
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