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Out of Africa
UNITED STATES · 1985

Out of Africa

Sydney Pollack
colonialism in Africa female independence romance and passion self-discovery literary memoir
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Synopsis

Tells the life story of Danish author Karen Blixen, who at the beginning of the 20th century moved to Africa to build a new life for herself. The film is based on her 1937 autobiographical novel.

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