The White Massai

2005

2h 11m

Drama

Romance

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63%

8 Reviews

Tomatometer

70%

1,000+ Ratings

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A young Swiss woman makes a trip to Kenya, meets a Masai warrior and falls in love with him.

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Movie taken by a true story. I don't know if I can call it courage that she is blinded, at first sight, by some guy from the tribe, and decided to stay with him in that place, the middle of nowhere. Of course, as I assumed, these are two different worlds ......

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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The "info" writer did not describe this movie adequately. First of all, her name is Carola, his name is Lemalian. And, how can he be characterized as "illiterate" when he speaks and understands English perfectly, and also understands German!!! He may not read, but he is hardly illiterate. The story was compelling, the acting exemplary. An unusual movie about love. Cross-cultural relationships are harder than same-culture relationships...and how many of the latter survive? It is a moving and fascinating movie. Watch and learn.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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The film reflects on how difficult it is when two people who belong to different cultures and civilizations fall in love. The story is really beutifully thought trough and presented. Also, the scenary and the african nature complete the movie perfectly.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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The film would be pretty convincing (setting aside the foolishness of this woman) if they cast an actor that actually looked like a Massai. Nevertheless, Ido was good.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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a pretty strange love-story

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Really good movie. You have to read the book too, is even better!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Hermine Huntgeburth

Director

Nina Hoss

Carola Mamutelil

Jacky Ido

Lemalian Mamutelil

Katja Flint

Elisabeth

Antonio Prester

Pater Bernardo

Janek Rieke

Stefan

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Kirk Honeycutt

Hollywood Reporter

Love stories don't get any more unusual than this.

Sep 16, 2005

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

The film makes excellent use of its African locations, presenting the continent in all its beauty and mystery.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 10, 2005

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

O filme parece esperar que compartilhemos de seu julgamento preconceituoso e aplaudamos o veredicto de que, apenas por serem quem so, Lemalian e seus conterrneos no tm quaisquer direitos e merecem nosso desprezo incondicional.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 16, 2008

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Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

The film is pretty, predictable and far too long ...

Rated: 2/5

Mar 16, 2007

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Angela Baldassarre

Sympatico.ca

There is so much foolishness committed in the name of lust, but few as ill conceived as that expressed in "The White Masai."

Mar 15, 2007

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Peter Calder

New Zealand Herald

Plodding, stolid German adaptation of best-selling book fails to engage with any of the complexities of its subject but the scenery is beautiful.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Synopsis

A young Swiss woman makes a trip to Kenya, meets a Masai warrior and falls in love with him.

Director: Hermine Huntgeburth
Screenwriter: Corinne Hofmann, Hermine Huntgeburth, Günter Rohrbach, Johannes W. Betz
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: German
Release Date (DVD): Aug 14, 2007
Runtime: 2h 11m