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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?

Release: 1988-06-17
Runtime: 113 min
Rating: 6.3 / 10
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
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Nadine Chalmers
Yvonne Abelson
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Maria Pilar
Spanish Dance Teacher
Kate Fitzpatrick
Kate Fitzpatrick
June Abelson
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Phyllis Naidoo
Sareda
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Linda Mvusi
Elsie
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Carolyn Clayton-Cragg
Miriam Roth
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Yvonne Bryceland
Bertha
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Mackay Tickey
Milius
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Merav Gruer
Jude Roth
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Albee Lesotho
Solomon
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Clement Muchachi
Sipho
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Esma Levend
Whitworth