WHERE HANDS TOUCH (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), George Mackay (Pride), Abbie Cornish (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Christopher Eccleston (Shallow Grave), Tom Sweet (The Nutcracker and the Four Realms), Tom Goodman-Hill (The Imitation Game), Alec Newman (The Gene Generation), Olivia Vinall (Gutterdammerung), Will Attenborough (Denial), Hermione Gulliford (The Affair of the Necklace), Tim Faraday (Legend), Ethan Rouse (Holmes & Watson)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Amma Asante (Belle), director, writer; Charlie Hanson (Cemetery Junction), producer; Anne Chmelewsky (film debut), composer; Remi Adefarasin (About a Boy), cinematographer; Steve Singleton (For Queen & Country), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In Nazi Germany, bi-racial teenager Leyna (Stenberg) struggles to survive while also falling for Lutz (Mackay), a member of the Hitler Youth…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Filmmaker Amma Asante’s fourth feature explores race relations during one of the most hateful periods in European history, with a strong lead performance from Amandla Stenberg to make it feel even more compelling.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH MAY 2019

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