FROM KENYA TO DENMARK, THE TRUE STORY OF THE WRITER OF ” OUT OF AFRICA “

In her time a pioneer, Karen Blixen is today regarded as one of the 20th century’s great writers. Between her home country of Denmark, where she would also write, and Kenya, her adopted home for 17 years, she led an exceptional life. She would truly find herself in Africa, a continent she deeply loved, where she experienced great joy and great sorrow, and finally return to the point of departure, the family home, where she would ease her pain through writing. “No-one paid a higher price to become a writer than I“. It was in the northern light of her native Denmark that she wrote her best-known work “Out Of Africa“, which was made into a globally successful film in 1986 by Sidney Pollack, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The director of this documentary, Elisabeth Kapnist, profiles the life of an extraordinary woman, an audacious adventurer, and a story-teller worthy of a modern-day Scheherazade.

A documentary film written and directed by Elisabeth Kapnist
Voice of Karen Blixen: Marianne Basler
Image: Nicolas Le Gal – Editing: Philippe Baillon
Music composed and directed by Greco Casadesus
Produced by Fanny Glissant and Jean Labib

Coproducers: Arte France, CPB Films – Compagnie des Phares et Balises
With the participation of DR and RUV
With the support of the CNC, PROCIREP – Société des Producteurs and ANGOA, Brouillon d’un rêve of the Scam and La Culture avec la Copie Privée
International sales: CPB International

© Cie des Phares & Balises – ARTE France – 2017