A World Apart(Movie, 1988)

Name: A World Apart
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988
Duration: T01:53:00
Rating: 3.3

1h 53min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 10 votes)

A World Apart is a 1988 anti-apartheid drama film and directed by Chris Menges and starring Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jeroen Krabbé, Paul Freeman, Tim Roth, and Jodhi May. Written by Shawn Slovo, it is based on the lives of Slovo's parents, Ruth First and Joe Slovo. The film was a co-production between companies from the UK and Zimbabwe, where it was filmed. It features Hans Zimmer's first non-collaborative film score. The movie was filmed on location in northeastern Zimbabwe. The film received acclaim, winning BAFTA Awards for Best Screenplay for Shawn Slovo and Best Supporting Actor for David Suchet, as well as the Special Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. ()

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Awards & Nominations for A World Apart

Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)

About A World Apart

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?

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A World Apart Trailer 1988(Trailer, 2:12)

Additional Information

Production countries: United Kingdom (UK), Zimbabwe

Shot in: Zimbabwe

Plays in: South Africa

Made by: Working Title Films, Atlantic Entertainment Group, Channel Four Films, British Screen Productions, Hippo Films, World Apart

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 12 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 06/17/1988

Cast: Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé, Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Linda Mvusi, Rosalie Crutchley, Tim Roth

Director: Chris Menges

Producer: Sarah Radclyffe

Screenwriter: Shawn Slovo

Film Editor: Nicolas Gaster

Director of Photography: Peter Biziou

Composer: Hans Zimmer

Keywords: 1960s, johannesburg south africa, mother daughter relationship, exile, south africa, communist party, apartheid

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A World Apart(Movie, 1988)

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