A World Apart (1988)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Chris Menges

Writer:

Shawn Slovo (writer)

Release Date:

17 June 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

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

Plot:

A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents...

Plot Keywords:

1960s | South Africa | Apartheid | Detention | Social Injustice

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Jodhi May	...	Molly Roth
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Gus Roth
Barbara Hershey	...	Diana Roth
Nadine Chalmers	...	Yvonne Abelson
Maria Pilar	...	Spanish Dance Teacher
Kate Fitzpatrick	...	June Abelson
Tim Roth	...	Harold
Phyllis Naidoo	...	Sareda
Linda Mvusi	...	Elsie
Carolyn Clayton-Cragg	...	Miriam Roth
Yvonne Bryceland	...	Bertha
Mackay Tickey	...	Milius
Merav Gruer	...	Jude Roth
Albee Lesotho	...	Solomon
Clement Muchachi	...	Sipho
Paul Freeman	...	Kruger
Esma Levend	...	Whitworth
Rosalie Crutchley	...	Mrs. Harris
Toby Salaman	...	Gerald Abelson
Theresa Memela	...	Peggy
Stephen Williams	...	Arresting Officer
Adrian Dunbar	...	Le Roux
Jo-Anne Huckle	...	Debbie
Margaret Hogan	...	History Teacher
Nomaziko Zondo	...	Thandle
Andrew Proctor	...	Arresting Officer
Andrew Whaley	...	Interrogating Officer
Cont Mhlanga	...	Mtutureli Niekwu
Jude Akuwidike	...	Priest
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Suchet	...	Muller

Directed by
Chris Menges

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shawn Slovo		writer

Produced by
Tim Bevan	....	executive producer
Graham Bradstreet	....	executive producer
Sarah Radclyffe	....	producer
Shawn Slovo	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Hans Zimmer

Cinematography by
Peter Biziou

Film Editing by
Nicolas Gaster

Casting by
Susie Figgis

Production Design by
Brian Morris

Art Direction by
Michael Philips		(as Mike Philips)

Costume Design by
Nic Ede

Makeup Department
Elaine Carew	....	makeup artist
Susan Haines	....	assistant hair stylist
Susan Haines	....	assistant makeup artist
Peter Owen	....	wig maker
Maureen Stephenson	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Caroline Hewitt	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Isaac Mabhikwa	....	third assistant director
Rupert Ryle-Hodges	....	second assistant director: crowd
Chris Thompson	....	second assistant director
Guy Travers	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Barry Arnold	....	stand-by props
Karen Brooks	....	production buyer
Jim Carlisle	....	construction manager
Jerry Delaney	....	stand-by stagehand
Nourie Dollie	....	carpenter
Bob Douglas	....	property storeman
Mark Fruin	....	dressing props
David Guwaza	....	assistant props
Shuna Herscovitz	....	assistant property buyer
Norman Kanongwa	....	plasterer
Chris Mason	....	supervising painter
Jim McNeil	....	supervising carpenter
Gift Nyamandi	....	assistant props
Seamus O'Sullivan	....	stand-by carpenter
George Peters	....	sign painter
Gordon Phillips	....	stand-by props
David Reilly	....	property master
Mark Reynolds	....	location property master
Carine Tredgold	....	assistant art director
Roden West	....	assistant props

Sound Department
Judy Freeman	....	sound recordist
Mark Holding	....	sound assistant
Amon Matembere	....	sound trainee
Laurie McDowell	....	assistant dubbing editor
Clive Pendry	....	assistant dubbing mixer
Rex Phillips	....	boom operator
Bob Risk	....	dialogue editor
Hugh Strain	....	dubbing mixer
Budge Tremlett	....	dubbing editor
Sarah Vickers	....	footsteps editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Ronald Anscombe	....	focus puller
David Appleby	....	still photographer
Bill Beenham	....	stand-by rigger
Peter Bloor	....	gaffer
Simon Buthelezi	....	electrician
Peter Casey	....	generator operator
John Foster	....	clapper loader
Bill Geddes	....	camera grip
Craig Haagensen	....	camera operator: second unit
Eddie Knight	....	electrician
Cephas Mathimba	....	electrician
Godwin Mawuru	....	camera trainee
Alan McPherson	....	best boy electric (as Alan Macpherson)
Stewart Monteith	....	electrician
Mike Proudfoot	....	camera operator
Neville Rhodes	....	stand-by rigger
Dave Ridout	....	electrician
Elliot Sewape	....	electrician
Jim Welsh	....	stand-by rigger
Jason Wrenn	....	clapper loader

Casting Department
Simon Shumba	....	extras casting
Andrew Whaley	....	extras casting
Abi Cohen	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Electra Garaba	....	wardrobe assistant
Tabitha Khumalo	....	wardrobe trainee
Stewart Meachem	....	wardrobe master
Virginia Mkiza	....	wardrobe assistant
Stanford Phiri	....	tailor
Susie Stokes	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Simon Cowper	....	second assistant film editor
Anne Sopel	....	first assistant film editor

Music Department
Al Clay	....	music recordist
Tonia Davall	....	music contractor
Brian Gulland	....	orchestrator
Henry Mlauzi	....	choir master

Transportation Department
Paul Fisher	....	transportation manager
Moncton Mutswairo	....	assistant transportation
Mike Snell	....	action vehicle coordinator

Other crew
Margaret Barrett	....	trainee
Jeremy Brickhill	....	assistant to director
Harve Bruno	....	financial consultant
Titus Chikoto	....	location assistant
Martin Cook	....	production accountant
Nora Dunfee	....	dialect director
Francis Duppa-White	....	production secretary
Penny Eyles	....	script supervisor
Eliah Fero	....	accounting assistant
Marianne Jacobs	....	production secretary
Carolyn Jardine	....	publicist
Paul Jordan	....	police advisor
Rory Kilalea	....	location manager
Jocelyne May	....	tutor chaperone
Cont Mhlanga	....	crowd coordinator
Thandike Mkwananzi	....	unit nurse
Fiona Morham	....	assistant to producer
Andrew Moyo	....	trainee
Sue Sheldon	....	production coordinator
Joyce Sikakane	....	technical advisor
Joan Washington	....	dialog consultant: London
Susan Weisenbacher	....	catering manager
Medicine Zimbiti	....	production trainee
Richard Morrison	....	title designer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Atlantic Entertainment Group
• British Screen Productions
• Channel Four Films
• Hippo Films, Zimbabwe
• Working Title Films
• World Apart

Distributors

• Cineplex-Odeon Films (1989) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Releasing Corporation (USA)
• Vic Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Blowup  stills processing
• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment

Runtime:

UK:112 min | USA:113 min

Country:

UK | Zimbabwe

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 (bw)

Filming Locations:

Zimbabwe

Company:

Atlantic Entertainment Group

Stunning...

Jodhi May deserved an Oscar for her work. All told, this is one of the finest coming-of-age stories I've ever seen filmed. And its ending is one of the saddest and most powerful ever - alongside "At Play in the Fields of the Lord."