A World Apart Page #4

Synopsis: 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?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Chris Menges
Production: Media Home Entertainment
  Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
PG
Year:
1988
113 min
236 Views


of banned people in there.

For God's sake, I'm a journalist.

Diana, what's happening?

- They're arresting me.

- Oh, no.

It's 90 days.

- Oh, my God.

- Mom, please.

Go and pack your suitcase, Mrs. Roth.

Come on, come and help me.

Jude, don't forget to remind Gran

about the orthodontist this week.

Molly, you must ask the Abelsons

to collect you for riding.

No books except the Bible.

No writing paper, no papers.

- No pills, no medicine.

- I have an ulcer. I'm going to need these.

Mommy, how long is 90 days?

Three months, 12 weeks, 90 days.

But, Mommy, it's my birthday.

Darling...

it's not your birthday till December.

I won't miss it, I promise you.

Don't cry.

It will all come right. It'll all be all right.

Mommy, please don't go away. Please.

Please don't go. Mommy, please don't go.

- Mommy, please--

- Let's go.

Mommy, please don't go.

Mommy, don't go!

Let's go.

Mom!

Mommy.

"Rhodesia."

Quarrel in Rhodesia.

Qualms in Rhodesia.

Quadruplets.

Qualm in Rhodesia.

She went upstairs with her mom

to the toilet...

and they had this nice gate,

you know, those kind.

And the gate was open when they went up.

But then...

they came back and the gate was locked.

And we heard about Mr. Bromberg.

He's a spirit.

- And--

- You don't believe that, do you?

No, but now I do.

And Michelle Bromberg came up...

and said, "What's happening up here?"

So we said:

"We got stuck up here in the gate."

When are you going back to school?

Sooner or later you're going to have to.

That's where Mom sits.

That's where Dad sits.

Sometimes I wonder if you've got a heart.

You've nothing to say?

- Yes.

- Yes?

Yes, I want to write to my children.

I need pen and paper, please.

Answer our questions, sign a statement...

and, in no time,

you'll be back with your children.

Everybody else is talking.

No one will ever know.

We know all about you, anyway.

This was on the May 5.

This is the 11th.

This is the 27th.

This is the June 14.

Would you like to see more?

The one who got away.

- You're lucky you were late.

- If you know so much...

why don't you charge me?

You're an obstinate woman, Mrs. Roth.

You're lucky we're decent people.

We have feelings for women in this country.

Oh, God.

I didn't. I did not.

She's back.

- Hello.

- I didn't know when you were coming back.

You didn't try very hard to find out.

Molly, I was so busy.

I had to find another partner.

- Sorry about the competition.

- Don't worry about it. It was stupid, anyway.

Hey, I got something for you.

Look.

Is your mother all right?

Have you seen her?

No, she's not allowed visitors yet.

Do you need help catching up

with the work you've missed?

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Shawn Slovo

Shawn Slovo (born 1950) is a screenwriter, best known for the film A World Apart, based on her childhood in South Africa under apartheid. She is the daughter of South African Communist Party leaders Joe Slovo and Ruth First. She wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film Catch a Fire (also a historical film about apartheid), and for the 2001 film Captain Corelli's Mandolin.In the late 1970s she served as Robert De Niro's personal assistant while he made the films Raging Bull and The King of Comedy. She also made the screenplay for Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight. Slovo currently lives in London and often works for Working Title Films. Her sister Gillian Slovo is also a writer and her sister Robyn Slovo is a producer. more…

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