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A World Apart (1988)

PG ★ 6.3/10 113 min Drama United Kingdom, Zimbabwe English
Director: Chris Menges
Writer: Shawn Slovo
Streaming: Not available
South Africa, 1963. A mother's love. A family's courage.

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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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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

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