Product: Nowhere in Africa (2003)
Rating: 5.0
A wonderful film
This movie depicts a young Jewish family that flees Nazi Germany before the outbreak of World War II, and settles in Kenya. The husband (Merab Ninidze) was a lawyer in his native land, and he becomes a farmer in Africa, working for others. Their daughter (Lea Kurka and Karoline Eckertz) grows up with her heart in Africa, and little or no recollection of Germany.Their families are killed in the Nazi Holocaust, even though the husband tries in vain to warn them of the coming storm, and get them to leave. They believe that they are Germans and safe, and that no harm will come to them. After the war ends, the husband is offered a job as a judge in Frankfurt and the family returns, even though the wife (Juliane Köhler) and daughter resist and have almost no feelings for the country at all--only negatives ones on the part of the wife, who believes they would be living among the murderers of their families.It is a lovely film of Africa, not the lush scenes of "Out of Africa," but a much harsher existence. The central characters are the husband, wife and daughter. However, the heart and soul of Kenya--if not Africa itself--seems to be embodied and reflected in Sidede Onyulo, who portrays the family's cook and spirit, and connects all of the characters. Caroline Link is to be congratulated for directing a truly superb movie, which should withstand the test of time.