A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

For unknown reason, I forced myself to watch this movie on TV although I usually prefer foreign movies with subtitles partly on the account of my earing impairment. So in this kind of mood, I was in for a surprise as I found myself quite overwhelmed by this beautiful movie. It does touch so many areas of our life and social environment and their dynamics. Its foundation, on a Jewish family regrouping in Africa to escape a bleak future under the Nazis regime, reminds us of what is now slowly slipping into history but was so real to our parents or grand parents and should not really be forgotten. It seems yet not every one estimated fully the extent of the menace, how could they? Just like "September 11" It was too big and impossible to be taken seriously. But the story goes much beyond this and actually one quote demonstrate it. "Hitler did not create antisemitism" how true even if it does not alter the facts. Yes I remember of Judeophobia, fighting in primary school, when calling names we sometimes used "dirty Jew" and it was with mixed feelings we became conscious of the impact of the holocaust. The film does not need to go too far in that direction, although it's always in the background, there is plenty more to deal with. The strained relationship of this couple, the culture clash with its prejudices and the dealing with unsympathetic white land owners. But in the midst of all this there is their charming daughter played by two different actress in such a way that it's difficult to believe as they look so alike. "Her" character is so interesting as it is detached from all the negatives of this dramatic situation, instead it flourishes from it, and warms your heart in the process. I'm not sure I was really taken by the beauty of the landscape here, for me to say so would not be right as I found the place dry and rugged and feel I have seen much nicer shots of Africa. But on the flip side I felt that being so it did not distract you from the human drama. "Do it"!

I love foreign films as it is, but I thought this film "Nowhere in Africa" was really good. I found myself feeling just like the woman who left Germany (to escape) who then found herself in a foreign land of Africa to then find herself becoming apart of the country. I'm sure many people went through this, and it still amazes me that the Holocaust happened in this century. It really hasn't been THAT long ago. This movie doesn't focus on the Holocaust, it gives you a different angle from those who lived it in a different way. I thought the little girls attitude on life was great as well.I miss Owuor and his ways, I enjoyed watching him converse with anyone in the film.

I rented this film by chance. My wife and I were both touched by the story and the acting. The wife's role was played to perfection by Frau Köhler, as was the somewhat thankless role of the friend, Süsskind, whose relationship to the wife was ambiguous. This is a part of the Jewish WW2 suffering rarely shown, being other than the concentration camp murders usually shown.In addition, the actor in the role of cook/friend Owuor did a splendid job. For once the relations between Africans and European "bwanas" were portrayed in a reasonable and non-demeaning manner.It is interesting to consider that one rarely hears stories about the many millions of people displaced by the second word war and the disruption in their lives for years after 1945. It took years for Europe to return to a "normal" state and this film touches on that issue.I am going to recommend to all mt family and discerning friends that they rent or buy the DVD of this picture.I give it top marks on all counts.

...but I will try. The things that appealed to me about the story of the film was the juxtaposition of the lives of the tribal Kenyans and those of the German-Jewish émigrés (particularly how images of the Pentatuch were reflected in the story of the main characters, i.e. the locust, the wandering, the image of Africa as a "wilderness). The family is an archetype of sorts of many survivors (particularly Jewish) of a tragedy and finding faith and renewal. I was deeply impressed with the movie's treatment of marriage and "married-sex" with an honesty and openness that would cause me not to give this an R-rating It is sex as young people-- even children-- today need to see it: as an integral part of humanity, between two people who have endured much with each other and find strength in their "oneness". The scene of morning after-- which I won't tell the details-- brought me to tears. This movie is powerful and an example of cinema as spirituality and the strength of society for many reasons, not the least of which are: 1. the depiction of culture clash and cultural understanding; human survival in its dark and bright days; 2.the strength and value of the marital and familial bonds outward to the bond with all of humanity. The cinematography was beautiful, the soundtrack was entrancing. If you liked "Indochine" and "Out of Africa", you may also like this movie. I was greatly moved by this movie!