3 Movies Starring Jacky Ido

The White Massai

The White Massai

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-09-15

Languages:

German, Swahili, English

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

131 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2941 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Corinne Hofmann (novel)

Johannes W. Betz (screenplay)

Hermine Huntgeburth (adaptation)

Gènter Rohrbach (adaptation)

Ruth Toma (narrator's script)

Fullplot:

A girl, Carola, whose vacation in Kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a Masai. Carola decides to leave her boyfriend to stay with her lover. There, she has to adapt to the Masai's way of life and get used to their food which includes milk mixed with blood. She also has to face her husband's attitude towards women and what he expects from a wife. Nonetheless, Carola is welcomed warmly into the tribe she has chosen to join.

Aya of Yop City

Aya of Yop City

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-07-17

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

84 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (162 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Marguerite Abouet (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Love stories in Yopougon, a neighborhood of the Ivory Coast capital.

West

West

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-11-07

Languages:

German, English, Russian, Polish

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (257 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Heide Schwochow (screenplay)

Julia Franck (novel)

Fullplot:

East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.

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