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19881h 53mPGEnglish

A World Apart

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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DirectorChris Menges

Keywords

south africaapartheidjohannesburg, south africaexilecommunist party1960smother daughter relationship

Cast

Barbara Hershey as Diana Roth

Barbara Hershey

Diana Roth

David Suchet as Muller

David Suchet

Muller

Jeroen Krabbé as Gus Roth

Jeroen Krabbé

Gus Roth

Paul Freeman as Kruger

Paul Freeman

Kruger

Tim Roth as Harold

Tim Roth

Harold

Jodhi May as Molly Roth

Jodhi May

Molly Roth

Nadine Chalmers as Yvonne Abelson

Nadine Chalmers

Yvonne Abelson

Maria Pilar as Spanish Dance Teacher

Maria Pilar

Spanish Dance Teacher

Kate Fitzpatrick as June Abelson

Kate Fitzpatrick

June Abelson

Phyllis Naidoo as Sareda

Phyllis Naidoo

Sareda