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Where Hands Touch

  • 20182018
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
4.5K
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Amandla Stenberg in Where Hands Touch (2018)
Amandla Stenberg stars in this coming of age story about a bi-racial teenager struggling for survival in Nazi Germany.
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A rites of passage story of a bi-racial teen struggling for survival in Nazi Germany.A rites of passage story of a bi-racial teen struggling for survival in Nazi Germany.A rites of passage story of a bi-racial teen struggling for survival in Nazi Germany.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
4.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Amma Asante
  • Writer
    • Amma Asante
  • Stars
    • Abbie Cornish
    • George MacKay
    • Christopher Eccleston
Top credits
  • Director
    • Amma Asante
  • Writer
    • Amma Asante
  • Stars
    • Abbie Cornish
    • George MacKay
    • Christopher Eccleston
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    • 66User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Abbie Cornish
    Abbie Cornish
    • Kerstinas Kerstin
    George MacKay
    George MacKay
    • Lutzas Lutz
    Christopher Eccleston
    Christopher Eccleston
    • Heinzas Heinz
    Amandla Stenberg
    Amandla Stenberg
    • Leynaas Leyna
    Natasha Little
    Natasha Little
    • Hidaas Hida
    Tom Goodman-Hill
    Tom Goodman-Hill
    • Wihelm Warneras Wihelm Warner
    Olivia Vinall
    Olivia Vinall
    • Hermineas Hermine
    Alec Newman
    Alec Newman
    • Juttneras Juttner
    Simon Harrison
    Simon Harrison
    • SS Guardas SS Guard
    Tomiwa Edun
    Tomiwa Edun
    • American Soldieras American Soldier
    Will Attenborough
    Will Attenborough
    • Gunteras Gunter
    Lucy Russell
    Lucy Russell
    • Teacheras Teacher
    Daniel Weyman
    Daniel Weyman
    Michael McKell
    Michael McKell
    • Gestapo commanderas Gestapo commander
    Hermione Gulliford
    Hermione Gulliford
    • SS Osterhagenas SS Osterhagen
    Tim Faraday
    Tim Faraday
    • Betzas Betz
    Josie Walker
    Josie Walker
    • Kapoas Kapo
    Charles De'Ath
    Charles De'Ath
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    • Director
      • Amma Asante
    • Writer
      • Amma Asante
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      According to Asante in a November 2016 interview on Kermode & Mayo's Film review, the movie was first intended to be shot in 2009 and had been launched at that year's Cannes. The project however collapsed.
    • Quotes

      Leyna: As I reached sixteen, I realized Hitler had a plan for us.

    User reviews66

    Review
    Top review
    Important story -- terribly done
    Someone suggested that all the low ratings from the professional critics and viewers here are the result of some kind of bias.

    Seriously recoiling and critiquing lousy film making, so bad that the message is -- "I love Romeo the Nazi" -- is an expression of bias?

    I think virtually all of us panning this film *want* to give it a high rating for the story it is attempting to tell. But the clichés, terrible scripting, absolutely abysmal acting do not do credit to the story of attitudes toward biracial children in Nazi Germany (or virtually anywhere in the world where they were mostly seen as genetic and social threats).

    The bravery and resilience of the young woman simply do not come through at all. It was an opportunity to present her as superior in every way and instead the writers decided to overlay a sanguine and utterly not credible "Romeo and Juliet" nonsense over the story, obliterating the meaning and actual genuine drama.

    We get no explanation, none at all as to why this brave young biracial girl would fall in love with a Nazi who shows no real trepidation at being part of the machinery that will kill Jews, a lot of other people, and destroy Europe.

    FYI the young actress, Amandla Stenberg, is actually a good actress. Abby Cornish once again proves she has lucked into a couple of roles, but in general she is at best a mediocre to poor actress.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 14, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Где соприкасаются руки
    • Production companies
      • British Film Company
      • Head Gear Films
      • Metrol Technology
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $67,743
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $67,743
      • Sep 16, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $128,269
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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