A World Apart (film)

A World Apart
A World Apart (Video Cover)
Directed byChris Menges
Written byShawn Slovo
Produced bySarah Radclyffe
Starring
CinematographyPeter Biziou
Edited byNicholas Gaster
Music byHans Zimmer
Production
company
Distributed byAtlantic Releasing Corporation
Release dates
  • May 1988 (1988-05) (Cannes)
  • 17 June 1988 (1988-06-17) (New York)
  • August 1988 (1988-08) (London)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom / Zimbabwe
LanguageEnglish
Budget£2.68 million[2]
Box office$8 million[3]

A World Apart is a 1988 anti-apartheid drama film directed by Chris Menges, and starring Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jeroen Krabbé, Paul Freeman, Tim Roth and Jodhi May. Written by Shawn Slovo, 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 it was filmed. It features Hans Zimmer's first non-collaborative film score. The movie was filmed on location in northeastern Zimbabwe.[4]

The film received acclaim, winning BAFTA Awards for Best Screenplay for Shawn Slovo and Best Supporting Actor for David Suchet,[5] as well as the Special Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference SF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 31.
  3. ^ "15 years of production". Variety. 14 December 1998. p. 102.
  4. ^ "A World Apart (1988) - Filming & production - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  5. ^ "Film in 1989". BAFTA. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Festival de Cannes: A World Apart". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2009.