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A love story spanning two continent about a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel--of upper-class upbringing--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... See Full Description
| Genres: |
Art/Foreign, Drama and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 21 min. |
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| Release Date: |
March 7th, 2003 (NY) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for some sexual content. |
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| Distributors: |
Zeitgeist Films
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$6,173,485 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B+
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Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"...this film is less message than memory, depending on the strength of the material to make all of the points." more...
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A |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington
"A lovely film with a deeply humane perspective..." more...
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A- |
E! Online,
"...top-notch..." more...
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B+ |
filmcritic.com, Amit Asaravala
"...manages to be fairly memorable..." more...
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B |
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