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Nirgendwo in Afrika

Nowhere in Africa. Germany during the second world war. Jettl and her daughter Regina follow Walter, Jettls husband and Reginas father, to Africa where Walter works on a farm. They escape from their homecountry Germany because they are jewish. When the two arrive at the farm Jettl is shocked and not willing to accept a long term stay. Walter and her start having troubles, they are not able to talk, Jettl misses their old and luxery life while Regina learns the language of the african people fast and developes a close friendship to their cook Owuor. Meanwhile the war in Germany goes on, the pursuance of the Jews is getting worse, more and more try to escape before it will become impossible. Jettls starts to realise why Walter decided to go to Africa, and even here the war catches up with them. They get incarcerate by the British Army in Namibia, just in case they are symphathizer of the Nazis. Jettl manages to organize a job for Walter and they move to another farm. But still the relationship is brittle. Once in while letters from the familymembers that had decided to stay in Germany arrive, and the news become worse each time. The movie shows in beautiful slow motion views how the life of this family developes during the years they stay in a foreign country, how they change and how different the experiences are for the parents compared to their daughter. The music is very nice and african like. Nothing is rushing, we have a lot of time to get to know the characters, what I like a lot.