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Nowhere in Africa (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 97

Fresh: 83

Rotten:14

Average Rating: 7.5/10

Consensus: A visually lovely epic with compelling, three-dimensional characters.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 7, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $5,888,057

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... 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.

Winner of five 2002 Golden Lola (German Film) Awards, including best film, director and cinematography, NOWHERE IN AFRICA was written and directed by Caroline Link (whose BEYOND SILENCE was nominated for a 1996 Best Foreign Film Oscar), and based on the best-selling autobiographical novel by Stephanie Zweig. -- © Zeitgeist Films [More]

Starring: Juliane Kohler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo

Starring: Juliane Kohler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo, Karoline Eckertz, Lea Kurka

Director: Caroline Link

Director: Caroline Link
Screenwriter: Caroline Link
Producer: Peter Hermann
Studio: Zeitgeist Films

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06/19/08
Derek Elley
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Very moving, well-written, and better-acted, but bitterly realistic.

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03/30/07
Kam Williams
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12/06/05
Film Threat

Nowhere in Africa is long enough that each character is meticulously studied and developed while Link takes the time also to provide wonderfully patient, artistic moments

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03/24/05
Jordan Hiller
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Tony Medley
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05/19/04
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Una buena historia para decir un par de cosas sobre el desarraigo, los lazos familiares, y la chance de empezar una nueva vida siempre que sea necesario.

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01/08/04
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

A pretty but unsatisfying trifle, its graceful camerawork and fine acting unable to make an oddly flat story shine.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
12/01/03
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

The acting is wonderful throughout, and director Carole Link has crafted a tale with the dramatic scope of a great epic. The English Patient comes to mind.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
10/24/03
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

Caroline Link's Oscar winning film has sweeping theme music, stunning cinematography and a well-told story that offers a unique slice of history.

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10/24/03
Marcy Dermansky
About.com

An epic story that deeply explores the lives of Jewish expatriots during World War II.

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10/22/03
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Writer-director Caroline Link adapted Stefanie Zweig's expatriate memoir gracefully, languidly and with full understanding of its heroine.

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10/10/03
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

Unusual in how it expertly blends two popular types of movies to create one seamless motion picture experience.

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10/09/03
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

Excellent.

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08/08/03
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

While Roman Polanski's The Pianist may be the most shattering film to deal with the Holocaust, Nowhere in Africa may well be the most human.

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08/06/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Merely watchable.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
07/22/03
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Offers an admirably understated study of the family's constantly shifting desires, fears and allegiances.

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07/22/03
Rick Kisonak
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