Editing Out of Africa (film) (section)

==Plot==
In 1913, after being rejected by a Swedish nobleman, Danish aristocrat Karen Blixen proposes a marriage of convenience to his brother, Baron [[Bror von Blixen-Finecke|Bror Blixen]]. They plan to move to [[Nairobi]], [[East Africa Protectorate|British East Africa]], where Bror intends to use Karen's money to establish a dairy farm. She will join him a few months later, at which time they will marry. En route to Nairobi, Karen's train is hailed by [[big-game hunter]] [[Denys Finch Hatton]], who knows Bror and entrusts her with his ivory haul.

Farah, the [[Somalis|Somali]] headman Bror hired, greets Karen at the railway station. She is taken to the [[Muthaiga Country Club|Muthaiga Club]]. She enters the men-only salon seeking her husband but is asked to leave. Karen and Bror immediately marry, and she becomes Baroness Blixen.

Karen learns that Bror has changed their plan and instead bought a coffee farm, but it is at too high an elevation to be very productive. Karen needs Bror's help managing the farm, but he is more interested in guiding big-game hunting safaris.

Karen comes to love Africa and its people. She looks after the [[Kikuyu people]] who live on her land, establishes a school for them, helps with their medical needs, and arbitrates their disputes. Meanwhile, she attempts to build a formal European homelife equal to other nearby upper-class colonists. She befriends a young woman, Felicity (whose character is based on a young [[Beryl Markham]]). Eventually, Karen and Bror's mutual feelings deepen, and they consummate their marriage. However, Bror continues pursuing other women. To fill her evenings, Karen makes up imaginative stories to entertain visitors.

As [[World War I]] reaches East Africa, the colonists form a [[militia]] led by colonial [[patriarch]] [[Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere|Lord Delamere]], which also includes Denys and Bror. A military expedition searches for forces from the neighboring German colony of [[German East Africa]]. Responding to the militia's need for supplies, Karen leads a difficult expedition to find them and returns safely.

When Karen contracts [[syphilis]] from Bror, she returns to Denmark for treatment and recuperation while Bror manages the farm in her absence. Bror resumes his safari work upon Karen's return. They live separately after she discovers that he is still a philanderer and divorce when Bror expresses his desire to marry another woman. 

The relationship between Karen and Denys develops after an ambivalent kiss at a New Year's party, with Denys ultimately moving in with her. Denys acquires a [[de Havilland DH.60 Moth|Gipsy Moth]] [[biplane]] and often takes Karen flying. Karen wants Denys to solidify their relationship, though he prefers his autonomy. When Karen learns Denys is taking Felicity on a private safari, she confronts him about his refusing to be monogamous. He assures Karen he only wants her, but feels marriage is immaterial. This eventually drives them apart, and refusing to meet Karen's ultimatum not to take Felicity flying, he moves out.

The farm eventually yields a good harvest, but a fire destroys it and the factory, forcing Karen to sell out. Before leaving [[Kenya Colony|Kenya]] for Denmark, she appeals to the incoming governor to provide land for her Kikuyu workers and sells most of her remaining possessions at a [[rummage sale]]. Denys visits the now-empty house. He says he no longer feels comfortable being alone and that his feelings for her have changed. He asks to join her on her journey back.

Denys leaves for a safari scouting trip, promising to fly Karen to [[Mombasa]] when he returns. Shortly after, Bror arrives to inform Karen that Denys' plane has crashed in [[Tsavo]]. Karen organizes his funeral, during which she recites an excerpt from an [[A. E. Housman]] poem about a celebrated athlete who, like Denys, died young and was not destined to decline into old age.

Before departing, Karen visits the Muthaiga Club to arrange for the forwarding of her mail. The members, having come to admire her, invite her into the men-only salon for a toast. Karen gives Farah a compass that Denys had given her and asks him to say her name so that she can hear his voice one last time. Sometime later, Farah writes to Karen, informing her that a pair of lions frequently visits Denys's grave.

A textual epilogue reveals that Karen became an author, publishing her works under the name Isak Dinesen, and never returned to Africa.