“This year it’s gonna be Christmas in Africa. I can’t speak for the whole continent, but here at the elephant orphanage, they celebrate all week and there is no shopping involved.”
Netflix’s new Original movie Holiday In The Wild throws away the scenery of a typical Christmas movie and trades it for the African sun and a safari.
When Manhattanite Kate Conrad’s (Kristin Davis) son leaves for college and to keep her spirits high, she books a ‘second honeymoon’ with her husband. Instead of thanking her, he brings their relationship to a sudden end; jilted Kate proceeds to Africa for a solo safari. During a detour through Zambia, she helps her pilot, Derek Holliston (Rob Lowe), rescue an orphaned baby elephant. They nurse him back to health at a local elephant sanctuary, and Kate extends her stay through Christmas time. With new love on the horizon, will she return home or make her adventure last a lifetime?
Kristin Davis also serves as an executive producer of the movie and in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, she spoke about being inspired after learning about the poaching crisis and becoming involved in wildlife conservation: “Holiday In The Wild is my love letter to the people who are trying to save elephants. We wanted to celebrate them,” Davis says. “Because the love of elephants is what’s going to save them.”
Starring Kristin Davis (Sex and the City) and Rob Lowe (Code Black).
Holiday In The Wild premieres November 1st on Netflix.
