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Die Weisse Massai (2005)

Drama | 130 minutes
3,34 212 votes

Genre: Drama / Romance

Duration: 130 minuten

Alternative title: The White Masai

Country: Germany

Directed by: Hermine Huntgeburth

Stars: Nina Hoss, Jacky Ido and Katja Flint

IMDb score: 6,4 (4.317)

Releasedate: 14 September 2005

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Die Weisse Massai plot

Carola is on holiday in Africa. As her journey comes to an end, she meets the Samburu warrior Lemalian. With his traditional attire and armor, he looks like the man of her dreams. Carola falls head over heels in love. It will be a meeting with major consequences. She decides to stay in Kenya and look for Lemalian. During the long journey that follows through the African wilderness, she befriends Elizabeth.

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Jessen0wnt

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Very hard to judge this movie. The story was gripping, and for me: new. On the other hand, there was almost no depth to the story. Little was played with emotions and the events went from scratch (in 1 day you decide that you give up your whole life for a crowd that you may have seen together for an hour...[ /spoiler]). But when I read that it is true, I can't argue with it.

Beautiful images of nature and of ''the bush''. It's such a different world from here, and it's just breathtaking to watch. Strengthens my feelings of ever going to Africa, only stronger.

The acting just wasn't realistic and good enough for this movie, Nina Hoss sometimes annoyed me. All in all, a pretty good movie.

Still a missed opportunity in terms of actors, and also music taste (I would much rather have heard African music throughout the film than that overly-emotional piano playing). Had this been better, they would have scored big.

2.5 stars, especially for the beautiful images and Africa itself.

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Robi

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Swiss woman falls in love with a Kenyan Massai warrior, and decides to live in Kenya with all the cultural differences and other problems. In the beginning I was like, well what am I watching, but gradually you grow in the film and it also becomes more believable. But he could have been a little shorter. And certainly a little deeper, because what was the real motivation that those two saw something in each other?

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Dievegge

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The theme is interesting: a German woman who, in a fit of infatuation and idealism, begins a relationship with a Maasai. After the honeymoon, the gap between the two cultures turns out to be too big. The beginning and the last half hour are strong; I found the middle part boring.

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