A love story spanning two continents, Nowhere in Africa is the extraordinary tale of a Jewish family that narrowly escapes the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in colonial Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel (Juliane Köhler, of Aimee and Jaguar) and their five-year-old daughter Regina each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways. Attorney Walter is resigned to working the farm as a caretaker; pampered Jettel resists adjustment at every turn; while the shy yet curious Regina immediately embraces the country--learning the local language and customs, and finding a friend in Owuor, the farm's cook. While the war rages far away, the trio's relationships to their strange environment and to each other become increasingly complicated, as Jettel grows more self-assured and Walter more haunted by the life they left behind. As they eventually learn to cherish their life in Africa, they must finally choose between their homeland and the country that saved their lives. Based on Stefanie Zweig's autobiographical novel and shot on location in Kenya, Nowhere in Africa is a magnificent, big-screen family saga. 

Germany, 2002  141 min. German w/subtitles  Caroline Link, Director

Saturday, March 8th  7:30 PM

followed by Opening Night's Gala Dessert Reception

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