Award-winning filmmaker Amma Asante (Belle) directs Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) in this story of a bi-racial teen struggling...
Award-winning filmmaker Amma Asante (Belle) directs Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) in this story of a bi-racial teen struggling for survival in Nazi Germany.
"Rudesheim, the Rhineland, 1944. Lenya (Stenberg) has come of age during the chaos of war. Her mother (Abbie Cornish) has done her best to protect Lenya, but the racist credo of National Socialism has rendered her a pariah for the colour of her skin. Yet youthful ardour can bloom in the most unlikely places: Lenya is in love with Lutz (George MacKay), a young Nazi. Lutz toes the party line when it comes to antisemitism yet remains drawn to Lenya despite Nazi revulsion at the thought of a Black German. When that revulsion escalates to direct threat to her survival, Lenya and Lutz must face the seemingly inevitable outcome of their impossibly fraught romance." (Toronto International Film Festival)
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42 %48 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
73 %323 reviewsAudience score rating
"Award-winning filmmaker Amma Asante (Belle) directs Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) in this story of a bi-racial teen struggling for survival in Nazi Germany. Though the film's a touch too separated from reality, critic Lyn Potter explains how it succeeds as a cautionary tale."
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Flicks
Flicks"Stenberg carries the magnetism she brought to her breakthrough role in the YA romance "Everything, Everything," but she's betrayed by a stilted rendering of a rarely illuminated piece of history."
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Variety
Variety"A gut-wrenching misfire."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"It's a film entirely devoid of subtlety yet one that also fails to provide the grand emotion it yearns to deliver, despite the use of a sledgehammer."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Dramatically it's a mixed bag, but Where Hands Touch does offer some moments of magic."
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Stuff
Stuff"The soft-focus romanticism, soaring music cues and use of slow-motion all mute the impact of a potentially harrowing true story."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Asante usually excels at sharing stories audiences haven't seen before, so it's unfortunate that this one feels so dully familiar."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Throughout, Asante raises questions about bravery, conscience and, most of all, identity."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterWhere Hands Touch | Details
- Rating
- 12A, Disturbing scenes, moderate violence, sex, sexual threat, discrimination
- Runtime
- 122
- Genre
- Drama, Romance, War
- Country of origin
- UK
