A World Apart
- Original title
- A World Apart
- Year
- 1988
- Running time
- 113 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Barbara Hershey
- Jodhi May
- Jeroen Krabbé
- Nadine Chalmers
- Maria Pilar
- Kate Fitzpatrick
- Tim Roth
- Phyllis Naidoo
- Linda Mvusi
- Carolyn Clayton-Cragg
- Yvonne Bryceland
- Mackay Tickey
- Merav Gruer
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Racism. 1960s
- Synopsis
- Apartheid threatens to tear her from her 13-year-old daughter when the first white woman - a journalist - is arrested and put in solitary in 1963 for defying the South African government.
- Awards
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1988: Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prize of the Jury, Best Actress (Hershey), Ecumenical Jury Prize1988: BAFTA: Best Screenplay - Original. Nominated Best Supporting Actor (Suchet)1988: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Director. 4 Nominations1988: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film1989: Guldbagge Awards (Sweden): Best Foreign Film1988: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): 4 nominations
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