Nowhere in Africa
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Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings
- Starring: Juliane Köhler, Matthias Habich, Merab Ninidze
- Summary: 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. (Zeitgeist Films)
- Director: Caroline Link
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama
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Positive: 23 out of 31
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100It is so rare to find a film where you become quickly, simply absorbed in the story.
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80This German movie, with its lush cinematography and lovely score, has the sturdiness of an old-fashioned Hollywood epic. What isn’t Hollywood is Link’s refusal to tell the audience how to feel at every moment.
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80The movie's real strength lies in its intelligent, sympathetic account of the dynamic, difficult marriage of Regina's parents.
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60There's something too refined and emotionally neutral about Nowhere in Africa, as if Link had directed with white gloves. Maybe she knew how loaded this African-Jewish subject was and didn't want it push it too hard. Maybe that's why she won an Oscar.
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Positive: 6 out of 6
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