Introduction

Where Hands Touch is a 2018 British romantic war drama film directed and written by Amma Asante and starring Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston, and Tom Sweet.

Outline

The film is a rite-of-passage story of a biracial teenage girl falling in love with a member of the Hitler Youth and struggling for survival in Nazi Germany. The protagonist, Leyna, is portrayed as a German nationalist, and somewhat antisemitic. Lutz is the son of a high ranking SS officer, and is initially an enthusiastic member of the Hitler Youth.

After Leyna and Lutz fall in love, she becomes pregnant. However, she gets sent to a Nazi labour camp where she must keep her pregnancy secret (as she is supposed to have been sterilised). Lutz is also stationed at the camp as an SS guard. After a bombing by the French, he attempts to escape with Leyna when he is killed by his father. Leyna, shocked, stays still on the ground until a French soldier comes to take her. Seven weeks later, she is heavily pregnant and she is in the displaced area where she reunites with her mother and brother.

Production & Filming Details

• Director: Amma Asante.
• Producer: Charlie Hanson.
• Writer: Amma Asante.
• Music: Anne Chmelewsky.
• Cinematography: Remi Adefarasin.
• Editor: Steve Singleton.
• Production: British Film Company, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology, Pinewood Pictures, and UMedia.
• Distributor: Vertical Entertainment.
• Release Date: 09 September 2018 (Toronto International Film Festival) and 14 September 2018 (US).
• Running Time: 122 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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