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Where Hands Touch
Synopsis
Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna, daughter of a white German mother and a black African father meets Lutz, a member of the Hitler Youth - compulsory for all Aryan boys since 1936. They are bound by the realisation of the horrors being committed against the Jews, as Leyna tries to avoid the fate of black Germans at the time. Can she find an ally in Lutz, himself battling the fate laid before him?
This is a coming of age story set in the most brutal of times.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Special Presentations - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 122 mins
- Director
- Amma Asante
- Producer
- Charlie Hanson
- Editor
- Steve Singleton
- Screenwriter
- Amma Asante
- Director of Photography
- Remi Adefarasin
- Production Designer
- Arwel Jones
- Music
- Anne Chmelewsky
- Principal Cast
- Amandla Stenberg, Abbie Cornish, George MacKay, Christopher Eccleston, Tom Sweet
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 21st August 2018
