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?
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A World Apart was released in 1988 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 13 reviews, giving A World Apart (1988) an average rating of 71%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 91%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 40%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed A World Apart a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 71%, A World Apart is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1988, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1988 with similar scores include films like Working Girl, Gorillas in the Mist and Talk Radio.
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