- HD 1080
- Runtime: 113m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom, Zimbabwe
- Director: Chris Menges
- Stars: Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jeroen Krabbé, Paul Freeman, Tim Roth
- keywords: south africa, apartheid, johannesburg south africa, exile, communist party, 1960s, mother daughter relationship
- Production_studio: Atlantic Entertainment Group, British Screen Productions, Hippo Entertainment Group, Working Title Films, World Apart, Film4 Productions
- Slogan: South Africa, 1963. A mother's love. A family's courage.
- The A World Apart is featured in the top rankings of 1988
- #95 in Top Drama Movies of 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?
