Movie #231........................."Nowhere in Africa"

Movie #231 "Nowhere in Africa" makes me want to go back and investigate all the foreign language films that have won the Oscar because I sure missed out on a lot in my working years. This one has all the ingredients that would cinch a recommendation from me: 1) good, realistic acting 2) new culture introduced to the audience 3) beautiful filming techniques (esp. photography and music) --- the film is on location in Nairobi most of the time and 4) it concerns the holocaust. It is a tad long, but it is epic in its storytelling ---- it shows so much of the time period, and what a jew would have gone through in his homeland of mother Germany. This family decides to escape to nowhere in Africa and the conflicts that brings on, esp. for the little girl, Regina, who is forced to grow up a stranger in a strange land. She takes to it much better than her parents, but they are dealing with trying to make ends meet. Then, the big question is what to do after the war? And the film follows the family through the tribulations of that, as well. I highly recommend this film -- it was glorious and epic in scope.





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Nowhere in Africa
Nirgendwo in Afrika
(2001) R
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, a Jewish couple and their young daughter emigrate from Germany to Kenya to escape the Nazis, and are forced to come to terms with a new life on an unfamiliar continent. Not all members of the family are happy with this drastic change -- but going home isn't an option. Based on Stefanie Zweig's autobiographical novel, director Caroline Link's epic drama won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.