A World Apart poster

A World Apart

1988·113'

Chris Menges

Drama

★ 6.4

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?

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Cast

Barbara Hershey Barbara Hershey Diana Roth
David Suchet David Suchet Muller
Jeroen Krabbé Jeroen Krabbé Gus Roth
Paul Freeman Paul Freeman Kruger
Tim Roth Tim Roth Harold
Jodhi May Jodhi May Molly Roth
Nadine Chalmers Yvonne Abelson
Maria Pilar Spanish Dance Teacher
Kate Fitzpatrick Kate Fitzpatrick June Abelson
Phyllis Naidoo Sareda
Linda Mvusi Elsie
Carolyn Clayton-Cragg Miriam Roth

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