Jacky ido is a french actor who is well known for his role as lemalian in the film the white masai. At once a captivating romance and a breathtaking travelogue into the kenyan outback, the white masai carries us on an epic journey. A love story set in the fascinating african natural environment and based on the successful novel by corinne hofmann. A girl, carola, whose vacation in kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a masai.
The series stars chyler leigh and jacky ido, and is based upon the film taxi written by luc besson. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The white masai cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. When carola nina hoss meets masai warrior lemalian jacky ido at the end of the kenyan holiday she and her boyfriend stefan janek rieke are enjoying together, she is smitten. Ido was born on 14 may 1977 in ouagadougou, burkina faso. Based upon an autobiographical novel by swiss writer corinne hofmann, the. Betz screenwriter jurgen troster production executive maria dimler costume. Based on the autobiography of corinne hofmann, one of the most popular books of the past decade, the white masai is at. Corinne hofmanns book, the white masai, was a huge bestseller in europe. The movie is based on the book the white masai, and on the true life of.
The first tells the familiar tale of a pale western woman vacationing in a. Based on the international bestseller of the same name, the white masai reps a visually knockout adventureromance about a swiss woman who gets married to a masai warrior and settles in the. Also, he has won many awards such as screen actor guild award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, san diego film critics society. Jul 20, 2006 corinne hofmanns book, the white masai. Katja flint, nina hoss, janek rieke, nino prester, jacky ido, hermine huntgeburth. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. French actor jacky ido is charming both on and offscreen. He is best known to englishlanguage audiences for his role as marcel, the film projectionist in quentin tarantino s 2009 film, inglourious basterds. The movie is missing a lot from the book too much to fit in a movie but is still definitely worth watching. His new nbc tv show, taxi brooklyn, revels in the fact that once he flashes his big, wide smile, all past transgressions are forgiven. Jacky ido promotes his film jacky ido during jacky ido promotes his film white massai. There are two stories in the white masai but, alas, only one verdict.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. For her role in the white masai, nina hoss won a bavarian film award for best actress. A courageous and determined young white woman and a proud black warrior, a woman overcoming the innumerable obstacles of an alien culture in order to be with her love. Nina hoss, jacky ido, katja flint, antonio prester. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The white masai by hermine huntgeburth hermine huntgeburth. Jacky ido timeline featuring movies and other highlights. Corrine was spending two weeks in kenya with her husband when she fell in love with the handsome lketinga, whose tribal lifestyle stood in stark contrast to her urban upbringing. Im absolutely amazed and of course, jacky ido was awesome and yummy.
Also, he is known as englishlanguage audiences for his role as marcel, in the projectionist in quentin tarantinos film inglourious basterds. There, she has to adapt to the masai s way of life and get used to their food which includes milk mixed with blood. The film is based on an autobiographical novel of the same name by the. In english, german, and swahili with english subtitles. Corinne hofmann has written three books based on her life story, including two sequels to the white masaiback from africa, which is a bestseller in germany, and reunion in barsaloi, which was released in 2005. He is best known to englishlanguage audiences for his role as marcel, the film projectionist in quentin tarantinos 2009 film, inglourious basterds. Slowly but surely, the dream starts to crumble, and she hatches a plan to return home with her daughter, a baby born of the seemingly indestructible love between a white european woman and a masai.
Nina hoss phoenix, the most wanted man jacky ido the white masai katja flint. The white masai 2005 when young swiss woman carola lehmann nina hoss goes on vacation to kenya with her boyfriend, she becomes deeply fascinated by masai tribesman lemalian mamutelil jacky ido so much so, in fact, that she ends up abandoning her traveling mate to join him. Based on the autobiography of corinne hofmann, one of the most popular books in europe of the past decade, it tells the unbelievable yet true fishoutofwater tale of a white european woman who becomes the wife of a masai warrior. Jacky ido born 14 may 1977 is a burkinabeborn french actor. Nina hoss, jacky ido, katja flint, antonio prester, janek rieke, helen namaso lenamarken.
A massai branca 2005, nina hoss e jacky ido, filme. Get tickets to awardnominated movies in theaters, like 1917 and little women, and find out which movies are available to watch at home right now. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the white masai near you. A beautiful swiss businesswoman leaves her husband for a powerful masai warrior, whose intense jealousy eventually threatens to destroy their relationship. Released 2005, the white massai stars nina hoss, jacky ido, katja flint, antonio prester the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 11 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Jacky ido born 14 may 1977, in ouagadougou, burkina faso is a burkinabeborn french film actor. The book was written into a screenplay by johannes betz. Based on the bestselling book by corinne hofmann, the film is not only about a fateful love, but also about the insuperable differences between african and european culture, the difference in traditions, thinking and everyday life, which pushes the heroine to the very limits of her strength and resources. Born on june 4, 1960 to german father and french mother, corinne studied in the canton of glarus and eventually went into the retail trade.
Jacky ido bio, age, family, education, spouse, children. Taxi brooklyn is a frenchamerican actioncomedy police procedural television series, produced by europacorp television. With nina hoss, jacky ido, katja flint, antonio prester. The white massai 2005 stream and watch online moviefone. One of the more fascinating true stories that became a book and now a film must be corinne hofmanns tale of her love for a masai warrior whom she encountered on a ferry in kenya while holidaying with her thenboyfriend. Although based on an autobiographical book by corinne hofmann, the white masai is really a nexus of. The film is based on an autobiographical novel of the same name by the german born writer corinne hofmann. Carola decides to leave her boyfriend to stay with her lover. Jacky idos first big french role, exploring love in the. The movie was directed by hermine hunterbeburth, and starred nina hoss as carola and jacky ido as her husband, lemalian. Join facebook to connect with jacky jack white and others you may know. Trailer for the movie, the white masai based on the autobiography by.
Compulsively readable, the white masai is at once a hopelessly romantic love story, a gripping adventure yarn, and a fine piece of meticulously. Corinne, a european entrepreneur, meets lketinga, a samburu warrior, while on vacation in mombasa on the fourmillioncopy international bestseller of the incredible love story between a european. Jacky ido katja flint nino prester janek rieke crew hermine huntgeburth director andorthe braker casting bernhard thur production executive corinne hoffmann book author eckhard kuchenbecker soundsound designer eva schnare editor gunter rohrbach producer johannes w. She tracks him down, and waits for him at the home of a german woman married to a local man. Jacky ido born may 14, 1977 in ouagadougou, burkina faso is a burkinabeborn french film actor. She lives with her teenage daughter in switzerland.
Katja flint, nina hoss, janek rieke, nino prester, jacky ido. A young swiss woman makes a trip to kenya, meets a masai warrior and falls in love with him. The fourmillioncopy international bestseller of the incredible love story between a european woman and an african warrior. Carola lehmann jacky ido samburu stefan janek rieke katja. It is, after all, the very same smirk that made melanie laurent weak at the knees in quentin tarantinos revisionist world war ii drama inglorious basterds. On a whim she cancels her flight home to switzerland and starts a journey to find lemalian in his village of barsaloi. The white masai combines adventure and the pursuit of passion in a pageturning story of two starcrossed lovers from vastly different backgrounds. His first role was as lemalian in the 2005 german film, the white masai.
On march 6, 2015, nbc canceled the series in the united states. Corrine was spending two weeks in kenya with her husband when she fell in love with the handsome lketinga, whose tribal lifestyle stood in. The white masai is an unforgettable love story that takes us deep into the heart of kenya. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Jo alkemades belonging in africa book now out the antiwhite. Based on the classic book by mark twain, comes the story of the renowned young rascal. Jacky was raised alongside his sibling, cedric ido by his parents in spike lees miracle of st. Jacky idos first big french role, exploring love in the 1940s. The latest lifestyle, food, wine, home and garden, fashion, beauty and health news. Based on the autobiographical book by corinne hoffman, the white masai is an incredible story of a european woman pursuing love into the unknown. The white masai by constantin film firm visual 10 editions published between 2005 and 20 in german and english and held by 75 worldcat member libraries worldwide. The screenplay concerns carola, a woman who falls in love in kenya with maasai lemalian.
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