Cecile Kayiregawa, who plays [the elder nun], is a renowned… - Anisia Uzeyman

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Cecile Kayiregawa, who plays [the elder nun], is a renowned singer in Rwanda and for anyone who knows that place, [what] it was like to have her, to be able to work with her and to capture her in this film — she’s really revered, it was like meeting a queen.

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Anisziya Uwizeyimana (born February 1975 at Gihindamuyaga in Mbazi, Rwanda) is a Rwandan actress and playwright. She is most noted as codirector with Saul Williams of the 2021 film Neptune Frost.

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