A World Apart

06/17/1988

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1hr 53min

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Drama

South Africa, 1963. A mother's love. A family's courage.

STORY

A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Barbara Hershey
  • David Suchet
  • Jeroen Krabbé
  • Paul Freeman
  • Tim Roth

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Atlantic Entertainment Group
    • British Screen Productions
    • Hippo Entertainment Group
    • Working Title Films
    • World Apart
    • Film4 Productions

      Production Countries

    • United Kingdom
    • Zimbabwe

    LANGUAGES

    • English

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