Where Hands Touch

2018 2h 2m EN

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7.9

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★7.9TMDB · 543

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Synopsis

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Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi soldier, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly changing world.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Amandla Stenberg
Leyna
George MacKay
Lutz
Abbie Cornish
Kerstin
Christopher Eccleston
Heinz
Tom Sweet
Koen
Alec Newman
Juttner
Tom Goodman-Hill
Wihelm Warner
Natasha Little
Hilda

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Amma Asante
Writers: Amma Asante
Languages: French, English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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2 / 7

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Amma Asante, shot by Remi Adefarasin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anne Chmelewsky. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Steve Singleton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 7

CAST

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Amandla Stenberg and George MacKay and Abbie Cornish carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1235187 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Amma Asante directs. Remi Adefarasin behind the camera. Anne Chmelewsky scores. Steve Singleton cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in French, English.

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1Released 8 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
3Directed by Amma Asante, shot by Remi Adefarasin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Anne Chmelewsky. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Steve Singleton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Amandla Stenberg and George MacKay and Abbie Cornish carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1235187 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Remi Adefarasin
Original score: Anne Chmelewsky
Editing: Steve Singleton
Production design: Arwel Jones
Costume design: Pam Downe
Makeup / hair: Marie Messien
Sound: Andrew Caller
Stunt coordinator: Olivier Bisback
Runtime: 122 min · 2h 2m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $128,269
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Where Hands Touch (2018)

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• Soft Pastels •2022-07-04
★ 1/10
Ah yes, my first review on this website that I had no idea existed until yesterday because I wanted a better version to IMDb is a review for a Nazi sympathizer film... Sigh... This is going to be a very interesting review I actually wrote a review for this monstrosity on IMDb, but for some reason it won't appear on my profile... So I'll just write it here instead! "Where Hands Touch" is a 2018 historical fiction film taking place in Nazi Germany in 1944, starring Amanda Stenberg as the main protagonist and George MacKay as her literal Nazi boyfriend! (Yayyyy! So fun!) Anyways... Let's drive straight into the utter mayhem that is the plot of this film! Leyna is a biracial teenager (she's an Afro German) living in Nazi Germany. It's 1944 and somehow Leyna and her family isn't dead even tho her skin is clearly black. While wandering through the streets of Berlin (somehow not being caught), Leyna meets Lutz, a cute German teenager who's the same age as her... Who's also in Hitler Youth and has a Nazi father. You would think that Leyna and Lutz would be enemies (she's a biracial teenager living in a country where the only political party is trying to kill everyone who isn't white, while he's literally apart of that political party that is trying to kill everyone who isn't white), but nope, not at all. Leyna and Lutz somehow develop a literal romance As a history nerd, I've obviously learned the topic of World War II a lot (and I mean a lot), but obviously, since I am not German nor Polish nor from any of the countries that experienced the Holocaust, I don't know a lot about the topic of the Holocaust. So I got my Berlin-based online friend, Kiara (or Cxnnxmxn as she's known online), to educate me on some things about the Holocaust, Germany during that period, what the Nazis did to Jews and the Poles, ect. What's interesting about Kiara is that she isn't just German, she's actually Half German Half Polish, with a German father and a Polish mother. Meaning, that she is a descendant of both the Nazis and Holocaust victims. Hell, her grandfather was a literal nazi sympathizer who absolutely despise her parents' relationship because of her mother's nationality. Despite this, they got married because he died, and that's how Kiara was born. So, big thanks to Kiara for helping me with this review ^^ Not only does this film openly want you to make you sympathize with these disgraceful human being we call the Nazis, but it also glorifies them. It's giving us the message that "nOt aLL nAziS wErE bAd So We ShOuLd SyMpAtHiZe WiTh ThEm", which might be true, but that doesn't mean we should sympathize with all of them. Hell, Lutz isn't even one of the good Nazis. He's openly pro-Hitler, pro-war, pro-Nazi, pro-Axis, anti-Allies and anti-semetic. There's this one part where he doesn't like the smell of the concentration camp Leyna was sent to, but that doesn't mean he's automatically anti-concentration camps. I'm pretty sure he's just anti-smell of the concentration camps and anti-Leyna being in a concentration camp. I'm just way to tired to even cover the chaos that is this film's plot, if you wanna know the entire plot while not watching it, watch Graysons Projects' video on the film titled "WHY Are There So Many Nazi Sympathizer Movies?? | Where Hands Touch" I literally don't understand all the good reviews at all. Like, did the people who wrote good reviews for this dumpster fire accidentally watch the satirical masterpiece that is Jojo Rabbit? Or did they think that it's just "SaTiRe" like my favorite anime, Hetalia (which, is also a satirical masterpiece). Like bruh... Everyone I've met or seen that has watched this film (except Kiara and Graysons Project) has only positive things to say about Okay, to be fair, it's okay for a German man to fall in love with a Polish woman (just ask Kiara). And it's also okay for a German man to fall in love with a Jew. And it's also okay for a German man to fall in love with a biracial person just like what happened with Leyna and Lutz. Obviously, love has no limits when it comes to race, religion or gender (it does have limits to age and species tho). However, the only time it is not okay for a German to be inlove with a biracial is when the German is a legitimate Nazi. The only characters I liked in this abomination is Leyna's mom, since she's the only character here that actually has a brain Ugh... I'm just so tired of stuff like this... At this point I'm gonna be re-watching Bee And Puppycat and Hetalia for the rest of my life... Link to Graysons Projects' video - https://youtu.be/QI9jD0IrI-c

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