A World Apart (film)
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 A World Apart (Video Cover) |
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| Directed by | Chris Menges |
| Produced by | Working Title Films |
| Written by | Shawn Slovo |
| Starring | Jodhi May Barbara Hershey Jeroen Krabbe Tim Roth David Suchet |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography | Peter Biziou |
| Editing by | Nicholas Gaster |
| Distributed by | Atlantic Releasing Corp. |
| Release date(s) | June 17, 1988 |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | N/A |
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A World Apart is an anti-apartheid drama, written by Shawn Slovo and directed by Chris Menges, produced in 1988.
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[edit] Plot summary
Set in 1963, the blithe childhood ended abruptly for 13-year-old Molly when her father, a communist and anti-apartheid-activist, had to go into exile and her mother had to continue her fight against the Apartheid regime without her husband. Molly is avoided by her ex white schoolfriends and so she seeks the near of her mother. Due to the attempts at intimidation of the military police and the imprisonment of Molly's mother the relationship of mother and daughter facing a severe test. The world apart of the title is both the gap between the teenage daughter - who doesn't understand why her mother is so obsessed by events beyond the comfortable world of the white suburbs - and the space between that world and that of the (black) majority. Essentially the film is a tribute to Ruth First by her daughter and ends in a moment of epiphany as the daughter both comes to terms with her mother's political activism and understands that she too must play her part in the struggle to change South Africa.
[edit] Trivia
- This movie based on the biography of Shawn Slovo's parents Ruth First and Joe Slovo.
- This is the first film that Hans Zimmer composed the score for exclusively by himself.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 1989: Winner - BAFTA Best Screenplay Shawn Slowo
- 1989: Nominee - BAFTA Best Supporting Actor David Suchet
- 1988: Winner - Cannes Film Festival Best Actress (tie): Jodhi May, Barbara Hershey, and Linda Mvusi
- 1988: Nominee - Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm
- 1988: Winner - Cannes Film Festival Grand Prize of the Jury: Chris Menges
- 1988: Winner - Cannes Film Festival Price of the Ecomical Jury: Chris Menges
- 1988: Winner - Evening Standard British Film Award Jodhi May - Most Promising Newcomer
- 1989: Nominee - Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
- 1988: Winner - New York Film Critics Circle Awards Chris Menges - Best Director
