Nowhere in Africa (2001)
- Original title
- Nirgendwo in Afrika
- Directed by
- Caroline Link
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 185 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A German-Jewish family flees Nazi Germany and starts a new life on a farm in Kenya. The story follows their struggles to adapt to a foreign culture and the shifting bonds between husband, wife and daughter.
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What happens
Nowhere in Africa (German: Nirgendwo in Afrika) is a 2001 German drama film that was written and directed by Caroline Link. The screenplay is based on the 1995 autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of the life in Kenya of a German-Jewish family that emigrated there in 1938 to escape persecution in Nazi Germany. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the 2001 German Film Award (Deutscher Filmpreis) in five categories, including Best Fiction Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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