Where Hands Touch
This story tells about a drama that looks different and influential in the life of Lena, the girl who is living a real tragedy because of the color of her skin. Lina, a 15-year-old daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives because of the dark skin, which is completely oppressed. The events may seem wrong until Lena meets a young man named Lutz, the son of a senior SS officer and member of Hitler Youth, who has been mandatory for all Aryan boys since 1936. They will both fall into a serious love story that makes them both in certain danger because of their different classes and faces.
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September 21, 2018
Where Hands Touch is unfortunately as problematic as we assumed; the questions it raises about national vs. cultural identity didn't need a Nazi romance to be resonant.
September 13, 2018
Asante usually excels at sharing stories audiences haven't seen before, so it's unfortunate that this one feels so dully familiar.
September 10, 2018
Stenberg carries the magnetism she brought to her breakthrough role in the YA romance "Everything, Everything," but she's betrayed by a stilted rendering of a rarely illuminated piece of history.
September 20, 2018
Asante focuses our attention on yet another story of the Black experience and she accomplishes what she sets out to do. Where Hands Touch is an important and beautiful film.
December 16, 2018
While not hitting the heights it could have, Where Hands Touch is a reminder that there are plenty of stories from this era that have yet to be told.
September 14, 2018
Where Hands Touch is a coming of age story, a saga of war, and a heart-rending love story about a forbidden romance that defied the odds against survival in a living hell.
September 13, 2018
A gut-wrenching misfire.
September 28, 2018
... provides mild insight into an obscure aspect of the war, although its heartfelt intentions ring hollow amid an abundance of sentimentality.
September 19, 2018
The longer it lasts, the more insipid it gets
September 10, 2018
Throughout, Asante raises questions about bravery, conscience and, most of all, identity.
September 20, 2018
Where Hands Touch is a waste of solid acting by Amandla Stenberg, and time for its viewers. Asante's attempt to make Nazi characters appear sympathetic is a perfect example of not reading the room, especially in this contentious time in our country.
September 10, 2018
When the complex, humanizing portrayal of Nazi characters and SS soldiers enter the picture, good intentions do derail fast, leading to disturbing outcomes.
