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En 1938, une famille juive, les Redlich, quitte l'Allemagne et s'exile au Kenya. Walter Redlich, troque sa carrière d'avocat contre une place de gardien de ferme. Sa femme, Jettel, s'adapte mal à leur nouvelle vie alors que leur fille, Regina, apprend la langue locale et se lie d'amitié avec leur cuisinier, Owuor. Le déracinement et la guerre fragiliseront le couple déjà mis en péril par un mode de vie qui n'est pas le sien...
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Nowhere in Africa (2001)
140 min
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.