Nowhere in Africa (2002)

There seem to be several guaranteed ways to win an Oscar and for the best foreign film (which this German film was) one surefire way is to deal with the holocaust.  It's the thematic equivalent of an aspiring best actor choosing to play crippled or ugly!  The film in question here was long and worthy, telling the tale of a German Jewish family who left their country for Kenya before the start of the war but when the writing was on the wall.  Told largely from the young daughter's point of view -- she most successfully adapted to her uprooting, it also focused on her father's frustrations -- in  Germany a lawyer, here a lowly farm manager-- and her spoiled mother's refusal at first to lower her standard of living.  How they grow and change until their return to Germany after the war is the whole story told in rather more detail than necessary.  The film was well-done but not exactly memorable; I don't recall what the competition was that year, but I somehow doubt that this was the best of the bunch.