A World Apart

A World Apart (1988)

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

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?

Date of release
1988-06-17
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (32)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Drama
Director
Chris Menges

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Zimbabwe
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix

A World Apart is a 1988 anti-apartheid drama film 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, and was filmed on location in northeastern Zimbabwe.. It features Hans Zimmer's first non-collaborative film score.

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