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1988 Drama 1h 53m

A World Apart

"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?

6.3 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

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

Spanish Dance Teacher

Kate Fitzpatrick

June Abelson

Phyllis Naidoo

Sareda

Linda Mvusi

Elsie

Carolyn Clayton-Cragg

Miriam Roth

Yvonne Bryceland

Bertha

Mackay Tickey

Milius

Merav Gruer

Jude Roth

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