Out of Africa (1985)

Directed by

Sydney Pollack

Genre

drama film, adventure film, biographical film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 40m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 1,549 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In early 20th century Kenya, a Danish woman marries a man for convenience to become a baroness and runs a coffee plantation. She forms a deep bond with a free-spirited British hunter, which brings joy and heartbreak.

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What happens

Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The film is based loosely on the 1937 autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), with additional material from Dinesen's 1960 book Shadows on the Grass and other sources. The book was adapted into a screenplay by Kurt Luedtke, and this screenplay was filmed in 1984. Streep played Karen Blixen, Redford played Denys Finch Hatton, and Klaus Maria Brandauer played Baron Bror Blixen. Others in the film include Michael Kitchen as Berkeley Cole, Malick Bowens as Farah, Stephen Kinyanjui as the Chief, Michael Gough as Lord Delamere, Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity, and the model and actress Iman as Mariammo. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It was also a commercial success and won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Pollack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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