A World Apart (film)
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| Directed by | Chris Menges |
| Produced by | Sarah Radclyffe |
| Written by | Shawn Slovo |
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| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography | Peter Biziou |
| Edited by | Nicholas Gaster |
| Distributed by | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom / Zimbabwe |
| Language | English |
A World Apart is a 1988 anti-Apartheid drama, written by Shawn Slovo and directed by Chris Menges. It is based on the lives of Slovo's parents, Ruth First and Joe Slovo. The film was a co-production between companies from the UK and Zimbabwe, where the movie was filmed. It features Hans Zimmer's first non-collaborative film score.
Set in Johannesburg in 1963, the film examines the abrupt ending of 13-year-old Molly's blithe childhood when her father, a member of the South African Communist Party, is sent into exile. Ostracised by her peers, Molly draws closer to her mother as she attempts to further the campaign against apartheid. Their relationship is challenged by hardship, political intimidation, and the older woman's eventual arrest.
The film title references both the gap between the mother and her teenage girl, who fails to grasp why their family is so fixated with events beyond their comfortable suburb, and another separating this world from that of South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships. Essentially, the film is a tribute to Ruth First by her daughter and concludes in a moment of epiphany as Molly comes to terms with her mother's activism and understands that she too must play a part in the struggle to protest racial injustice.
A World Apart has an overall approval rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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