Life, Above All 2010 123movies

Watch: Life, Above All 2010 123movies, Full Movie Online – In the dusty small town of Elandsdoorn, a South African township not far from Johannesburg, life is simple and serene. A prevailing sense of deep pride tightly bonds together the entire community – but beware to those who step out of line … 12-year-old Chanda is a hardworking promising young student with a bright future, but her life changes dramatically when her baby sister unexpectedly dies. Heartbroken, Chanda’s mother, Lillian, in turn becomes severely ill. Her stepfather drowns himself in alcohol, leaving the young girl to take care of her two smaller siblings. Meanwhile, the formerly friendly neighbors become increasingly distant and gossip spreads. “Auntie” Tafa does what she can to help by getting Lillian to leave town, but not even “Auntie” is immune to the cloud of fear filtering across Elandsdoorn. Suspecting that the community’s irrational ostracism has to do with her mother’s illness and the death of her baby sister, Chanda demands answers but is met with stubborn silence. Unwilling to bear the weight of secrecy any longer, Chanda sets out to face a deeply engrained, unspoken taboo ….
Plot: A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.
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Ratings:

	7.1/10 Votes: 1,390
	82% | RottenTomatoes
	65/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 19 Popularity: 3.3 | TMDB

Reviews:

How long must hardships continue in South Africa?
The world celebrated the end of apartheid in South Africa in the early 1990s. Unfortunately, many of the problems created by the system of institutionalized racism persist to this day. “Le secret de Chanda” (“Life, Above All” in English) gives us an example. The movie reminded me of a book that my fifth grade class read about a pair of black South African children having to travel to Johannesburg during apartheid. Here we see the difficulties faced by the country’s black population all these years after the racist laws got repealed.*

Spoken mostly in Northern Sotho and filmed mostly with a handheld camera, this movie tests your attention span. In my opinion, that’s an extra incentive to see it. After all, how often do you get to see the day-to-day lives of people anywhere in Africa? It might not give you a full insight into the lives of most South Africans, but it’s a start.

*In his autobiography “Born a Crime”, Trevor Noah noted that the establishment of apartheid in 1948 merely codified what was already the status quo

Life, Above All is a brilliant film
Le secret de Chanda (2010) The South African/German film Le secret de Chanda was shown in the U.S. with the title, Life, Above All (2010). It was co-written and directed by Oliver Schmitz.

The movie stars Khomotso Manyaka as Chanda, a young woman trying to hold her own in a South African township. Her father is dead, her stepfather is feckless, her mother is sick, and she has two half-siblings about whom she worries.

Manyaka is a brilliant actor. Without a superb performance from her, the film could not have been so successful. Her role–and her skill–reminded me of Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone. She’s beset on all sides, but she refuses to give up.

Many of Chanda’s problems arise from the fact that saving face is more important than almost anything else.

We saw this movie at Rochester’s wonderful Dryden Theatre in the George Eastman Museum. It will work well on the small screen as well. It’s a great movie-don’t miss it!

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 40 min (100 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Drama
Director Oliver Schmitz
Writer Dennis Foon, Oliver Schmitz, Allan Stratton
Actors Khomotso Manyaka, Keaobaka Makanyane, Harriet Lenabe
Country South Africa, Germany
Awards 13 wins & 10 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arri D-21
Laboratory Pictorion das werk
Film Length 2,757 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format N/A
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm, DCP