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A World Apart (1988) [PG]

Release Date:
June 17, 1988

Original Title:
A World Apart

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Atlantic Entertainment Group
British Screen Productions
Film4 Productions
Hippo Entertainment Group
Working Title Films
World Apart

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | Zimbabwe

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: 12|U  NL: 12  US: PG 

Runtime: 113

South Africa, 1963. A mother's love. A family's courage.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Art Direction:
Michael Philips

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Susan Haines

Associate Producer:
Shawn Slovo

Boom Operator:
Rex Phillips

Casting:
Susie Figgis

Costume Design:
Nic Ede

Director:
Chris Menges

Director of Photography:
Peter Biziou

Editor:
Nicolas Gaster

Executive Producer:
Tim Bevan
Graham Bradstreet

Makeup Artist:
Maureen Stephenson
Elaine Carew

Original Music Composer:
Hans Zimmer

Producer:
Sarah Radclyffe

Production Design:
Brian Morris

Production Manager:
Caroline Hewitt

Sound Recordist:
Judy Freeman

Still Photographer:
David Appleby

Wigmaker:
Peter Owen

Writer:
Shawn Slovo

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