A World Apart

Jun 17, 1988

1h 53m

★ 6.3

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

Overview

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?

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Atlantic Entertainment Group

British Screen Productions

Hippo Entertainment Group

Working Title Films

World Apart

Film4 Productions

A World Apart Trailers

Cast

Diana Roth

Barbara Hershey

Muller

David Suchet

Gus Roth

Jeroen Krabbé

Kruger

Paul Freeman

Harold

Tim Roth

Molly Roth

Jodhi May

Yvonne Abelson

Nadine Chalmers

Spanish Dance Teacher

Maria Pilar

June Abelson

Kate Fitzpatrick

Sareda

Phyllis Naidoo

Elsie

Linda Mvusi

Miriam Roth

Carolyn Clayton-Cragg

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