Moving to Africa to pursue a marriage-of-convenience, Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) finds herself living 18 years of love, lust and adventure in an English colony in Kenya. Estranged from her husband, she slowly falls in love with both freelance hunter (Robert Redford) and the Kenyan culture and landscapes. She befriends local tribespeople while trying to make a success of the coffee farm that she owns with her ex-husband.
