Based on the autobiographical novel by Swiss writer Corinne Hofmann, comes director and co-writer Hermine Huntgeburth's tale of a young Swiss woman on holiday in Kenya who falls in love with a Masai warrior and becomes his wife, only to face hardship and alienation as she tries to adapt to the realities of a foreign culture.
Award-winning Swiss composer Niki Reiser's delicate score plays out in muted tones. This is Africa as seen from the backseat of a car -- the road trip view, rather than the sweeping grandeur of the wide-open savannas. Punctuated by native voices, the arrangements are carefully constructed to reveal the mystery of a world opening up to foreign eyes, never exploding, but slowly simmering with the slow struggle of adaptation.
Introspective, emotive, and expressive with flowing strings, light African percussion, and acoustic guitar strumming. Creates a mysterious and expansive mood.
Stagnant and ethereal with smooth, drone-like strings, light acoustic guitar, and melodic development in the violin and cello with an introspective mood.
Inspiring and uplifting with a children's African chant mixed with string textures and driving percussion creating an empowering mood with a tempo change at 1:05.