Passionate, but not provocative

Ellen 2022-05-06 06:01:10

A German Jewish family of three came to Kenya to escape persecution and worked on a farm. They were uprooted and transplanted to a completely different piece of land. Lawyers farm and wives take off their shoes, and they are destined to undergo a painful rebirth. The love life of the two also had problems, big or small. The youngest daughter, innocent and innocent, quickly integrates into the new reality.
In order to survive, everything is adaptable and changeable; love, which is hidden, will eventually understand everything. There are two scenes that moved me the most. One is the scene of extermination of locusts, locusts sprinkled on crops and land like a torrential rain, devouring everything; people drove like crazy. The master, who wanted to leave alone, also took off his shirt, waved it, and went into battle. Eventually the locusts were driven away. The hero and heroine glanced at each other, and they were all disgusted. The second scene follows, the man sleeps alone in the outer room, the wife sneaks in, goes to bed, kisses his body, arouses his passion, and then makes love. They fell asleep naked hugging each other. After dawn, the daughter climbed into the bed and said that Africans do not kiss. Dad said, what a pity it was. The family of three slept in one bed, how warm; it was as if a small boat had passed through a stormy sea and entered a calm bay.
The subject matter of the film is very "sentimental", but the female director handles it tepidly, which makes people reminiscent and moving in the plain and calm.

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Nowhere in Africa quotes

  • Jettel Redlich: Do you love me?

    Walter Redlich: If you let me.

  • Max: One person always loves more. That's what makes it so difficult. And the one who loves more is vulnerable.