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Film review: Where Hands Touch

Scene aus dem Film Where Hands Touch

Scene aus dem Film Where Hands Touch Source: promotional still

This film deals with the subject matter of racism, loyalty, belonging and identity. In is set in Germany in 1944. 15-year old Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the color of her skin. When she meets Lutz (George MacKay), the son of a prominent SS officer and a member of the Hitler Youth - mandatory for all Aryan boys since 1936 - the two fall helplessly in love, putting both their lives at risk.


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This film deals with the subject matter of racism, loyalty, belonging and identity. In is set in Germany in 1944. 15-year old Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the color of her skin. When she meets Lutz (George MacKay), the son of a prominent SS officer and a member of the Hitler Youth - mandatory for all Aryan boys since 1936 - the two fall helplessly in love, putting both their lives at risk.



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