Where Hands Touch is a 2018 British-Belgian-Canadian-Irish romantic war drama film directed and written by Amma Asante and starring Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston, and Tom Sweet. It was produced by Charlie Hanson, and tells the story of Leyna, a biracial girl under threat because of her race, due to her living in Nazi Germany. Principal photography on the film began in November 2016 in Belgium and lasted for a month, wrapping up in December 2016. Where Hands Touch premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2018. It was released theatrically in the United States on 14 September 2018 by Vertical Entertainment. It received mixed-to-negative reviews, with praise directed at Stenberg's performance, and criticism toward its screenplay.
| Director | Amma Asante |
| Produced by | Charlie Hanson |
| Writer(s) | Amma Asante |
| Starring | Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Eccleston, Tom Sweet, Jean-Claude de Sober, Thomas Hans Schumber-Bonjour |
| Music | Anne Chmelewsky |
| Cinematography | Remi Adefarasin |
| Edited by | Steve Singleton |
| Distributed by | Shear Entertainment |
| Released | September 9, 2018 (TIFF), September 14, 2018 (United States) |
| Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom, Belgium, Ireland, Canada |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $67,743 |
About Where Hands Touch
Romance, drama and war film about a bi-racial teen who struggles for survival in Nazi Germany
Achievement of Where Hands Touch
Written and directed by Amma Asante, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September of 2018.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About Where Hands Touch
Afro-Germans - Afro-Germans or Black Germans are people who are citizens and/or residents of Germany and who are of Sub-Saharan African descent. Afro-Germans are found across Germany, but are mostly situated in larger cities, such as Hamburg, Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Munich, Bremen, Cologne and Berlin.. Persecution of black people in Nazi Germany - While Black people in Nazi Germany were never subject to mass extermination as in the cases of Jews, Romani and Slavs, they were still considered by the Nazis to be an inferior race and, along with Romani people, were subject to the Nuremberg Laws under a supplementary decree.. Films shot in the Isle of Man.. Films shot in Belgium.. British war drama films.. Films about interracial romance.. British romantic drama films.
Latest information about Where Hands Touch updated on July 28 2021.
