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The intense friendship between Karen Blixen, the Danish author best known for her autobiographical novel "Out of Africa," and Thorkild Bjørnvig, a young and promising poet.
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"IN A NUTSHELL: As an author of 31 books, I ate up this movie. Every writer secretly wishes for some kind of patron who will support them in their art and believe in their talent. The movie asks the question of all creators: What would you give...or give up...for such an opportunity to achieve greatness? It's 1948 and 63-year-old "Out of Africa" author Karen Blixen (pen name: Isak Dinesen) is a lonely literary sensation devastated by syphilis and mourning her lost love, until she meets talented 30-year-old poet Thorkild Bjørnvig. She offers him a Faustian bargain and promises hi..."
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The director, Bille August, is the father of actress Asta Kamma August, who plays the character of Benedicte Jensen in this movie. Her mother is actress Pernilla August, who plays Anakin Skywalkers mother Shmi Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008).
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The intense friendship between Karen Blixen, the Danish author best known for her autobiographical novel "Out of Africa," and Thorkild Bjørnvig, a young and promising poet.