website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 99 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus states that the film is "a visually lovely epic with compelling, three-dimensional characters." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Accolades Deutscher Filmpreis ("German Film Award": "Golden Lola") 2002 Best Film Best Cinematography: Gernot Roll Best Director: Caroline Link Best Music: Niki Reiser Best Supporting Actor: Matthias Habich Bayerischer Filmpreis ("Bavarian Film Award") 2002: Best Production (Producer's Award) Bayerischer Filmpreis ("Bavarian Film Award") 2003: Public Award 75th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize References External links Zeitgeist Films page Nowhere in Africa: A film review 2001 films 2000s historical drama films 2001 multilingual films Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners German historical drama films 2000s German-language films 2010s English-language films English-language German films German films based on actual events Films set in Kenya Films shot in Kenya Films set in the British Empire Swahili-language films Films produced by Bernd Eichinger Films set in the 1930s Films set in the 1940s German multilingual films Films directed by Caroline Link 2000s German films 2010s German films