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Nowhere in Africa

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Nirgendwo in Afrika
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140 min.
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Germany Germany
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Drama | Based on a true story. Biography. Africa. Holocaust. Nazism. 1930s. 1940s
Synopsis
A love story spanning two continents, NOWHERE IN AFRICA is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel (Juliane Köhler, of AIMÉE AND JAGUAR) and their five-year-old daughter Regina each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways. Attorney Walter is resigned to working the farm as a caretaker; pampered Jettel resists adjustment at every turn; while the shy yet curious Regina immediately embraces the country-learning the local language and customs, and finding a friend in Owuor, the farm's cook. As the war rages on the other side of the world, the trio's relationships to their strange environment become increasingly complicated as Jettel grows more self-assured and Walter more haunted by the life they left behind. As they eventually learn to cherish their life in Africa, they also endeavor to find a way back to each other.
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2002: Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture
2002: Golden Globes: Best Nominated Foreign Language Film
2002: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize
2001: 5 German Film Awards: Best Movie, Director, Actor, Screenplay and Score
2002: Festival of Valladolid - Seminci: nominated to Best Picture - Golden Spike.
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User history
Nowhere in Africa
2001
Caroline Link
6.7
(3,765)
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