Out of Africa (film)

Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen, which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesens book Shadows on the Grass and other sources. This film receivedfilm awards, including seven Academy Awards.

The story begins in 1913 in Denmark, when Karen Dinesen a wealthy but unmarried woman asks her friend Baron Bror Blixen Klaus Maria Brandauer to enter into a marriage of convenience with her. Although Bror is a member of the aristocracy, he is no longer financially secure therefore, he agrees to the marriage, and the two of them plan to move to Africa to begin a dairy farm.Upon moving to British East Africa, Karen marries Bror in a brief ceremony, thus becoming Baroness Blixen. She meets and befriends various other colonial residents of the country, most of whom are British. She also meets Denys Finch Hatton Robert Redford, a local biggame hunter with whom she develops a close friendship. However, things turn out differently from her expectations, since Bror has used her money to purchase a coffee plantation rather than a dairy farm. He also shows little inclination to put any real work into it, preferring instead to become a game hunter. Although theirs was a marriage of convenience, Karen does eventually develop feelings for Bror, but she is distressed when she learns of his extramarital affairs. To make matters worse, Karen contracts syphilis from her philandering husband at the time, cures were uncertain and is forced to return to Denmark for a long and difficult period of treatment using the thennew medicine Salvarsan. Bror agrees to look after the plantation in her absence. ........

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