
Feature film — 1988
A World Apart (1988)
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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A high-signal pick with 32 votes.
Atlantic Entertainment Group / British Screen Productions / Working Title
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Director: Chris Menges
On screen
Cast & crew

Barbara Hershey
Diana Roth

David Suchet
Muller

Jeroen Krabbé
Gus Roth

Paul Freeman
Kruger

Tim Roth
Harold

Jodhi May
Molly Roth
Nadine Chalmers
Yvonne Abelson
Maria Pilar
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Kate Fitzpatrick
June Abelson
Phyllis Naidoo
Sareda
Linda Mvusi
Elsie
Carolyn Clayton-Cragg
Miriam Roth
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