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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 53 m

Summary Set in modern day Greece, Worlds Apart is comprised of three separate narratives each following a love story between a foreigner and a Greek. Each story represents a different generation falling in love during a time of socioeconomic turmoil that dominates Southern Europe as a whole, only to connect as a single story in the end. Almost l...

Directed By: Christopher Papakaliatis

Written By: Christopher Papakaliatis

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 53 m

Worlds Apart

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 5 User Ratings
8.4
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Summary Set in modern day Greece, Worlds Apart is comprised of three separate narratives each following a love story between a foreigner and a Greek. Each story represents a different generation falling in love during a time of socioeconomic turmoil that dominates Southern Europe as a whole, only to connect as a single story in the end. Almost l...

Directed By: Christopher Papakaliatis

Written By: Christopher Papakaliatis

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
61
40% Positive
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60% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
61
40% Positive
2 Reviews
60% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Jan 19, 2017
It’s an often tender, affecting film that slowly creeps up on you — then completely takes hold.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 10, 2017
This wistful, melancholy yet hopeful romance has a warmth that singes, a poetry to its stock situations and a biting allegory about the country where Western civilization began facing a world of troubles, not all of its own making.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 17, 2017
Worlds Apart doesn’t manage to transcend the forced and familiar-feeling aspects of its multipart narrative, but it does offer an evocative portrait of its troubled milieu, and one of its segments, at least, has genuine emotional resonance.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 16, 2017
It isn’t bad, but it’s kind of a trifle. Though it treats its themes with reasonable honesty, it can’t help but come off as a bit diagrammed.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 11, 2017
Neophyte writer/director Christopher Papakaliatis eventually shows an affinity for filming two people in love, but his actors often lack the chemistry to make us believe that their bond transcends all socioeconomic boundaries.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 5 User Ratings
8.4
80% Positive
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20% Mixed
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Universal Acclaim Based on 5 User Ratings
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80% Positive
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20% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company Plus Productions, Alpha TV, OTE TV, Aegean Airlines
Release Date Jan 13, 2017
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline We are all one, ever if we sometimes feel... worlds apart.
Website https://web.facebook.com/wapartfilm/
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Awards

Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF)
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Hellenic Film Academy Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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