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A Masterpiece!

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

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.

Germany has produced many great movies, and "Nirgendwo in Afrika" (called "Nowhere in Africa" in English) is another one. Aside from the perceptive plot (a German Jewish family flees the Third Reich and moves to East Africa, where the daughter develops a relationship with a local African), there's also the impressive cinematography. You really do have to see it to get the true experience.Some people may wonder how many movies Germany - or anyone - can make about the Third Reich, but that misses the point. This is an important part of history, and we need to keep the memory alive to avoid repeating it. And this movie does a good job showing it. "NIA" certainly deserved Best Foreign Language 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.

This is just a great movie with some excellent acting, especially by the little girl Regina! I would say it is mainly about finding your real self and adapting to new situations - sometimes scary ones.The wife's gradual acceptance of her situation, forced to learn the Swahili language and culture is an interesting journey as her marriage is experiencing problems. The husband was a lawyer in Germany and the wife belonged to the social elite - it is now all different and they have to cope with the new situation.It is also a great story about friendship between white and black that doesn't reflect the colour of your skin. It was a bit like going down memory lane for me as a white kid growing up in Africa myself.Furthermore, it turns the tables slightly as this is also a story about white refugees in black Africa and not the other way around as we are used to.