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Life, Above All is a 2010 South African drama film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards and made the final shortlist announced in January 2011. The film was adapted from the novel Chanda’s Secrets (2004) by Allan Stratton. It’s was picked up for release in the United States by Sony Pictures Classics.
Just after the death of her newly-born baby sister, Chanda, 12 years old, learns of a rumor that spreads like wildfire through her small, dust-ridden village near Johannesburg. It destroys her family and forces her mother to flee. Sensing that the gossip stems from prejudice and superstition, Chanda leaves home and school in search of her mother and the truth.
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…
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A moving story based on a novel, Chandra’s Secrets, by Allan Stratton. Chandra is at the centre of this Soouth African story, a young girl going into her but who has strong reserves which she needs to take responsibility for all that happens to her family. The film is particularly geared to a South African audience with its subject of AIDS and HIV infection, its prevalence in Africa and South Africa, the secrecy that can still surround it, community fears and the shame they impose on those infected and their families, and the difficulties in getting effective treatment.
No, Chanda does not have AIDS. Her stepfather does and has infected her mother leading to the death of their young baby. Chanda is full of common sense, arranges for the funeral, retrieves the money down at a bar stolen by her stepfather, and tends her weak and shamed mother as well as looking after her small step sister and brother who want their father and behave badly towards Chandra. Chandra also incurs the criticism of the villagers (most of whom are prone to gossip) by befriending an orphan girl who goes down to the local truckstop to service the drivers. Ultimately, chandra has to confront members of the family, the wealthy woman next door who is a friend of her mother, and stand, with the friend, boldly against a crowd who want to, literally, stone her.
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Life, Above All is a 2010 South African drama film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards and made the final shortlist announced in January 2011. The film was adapted from the novel Chanda’s Secrets (2004) by Allan Stratton. It’s was picked up for release in the United States by Sony Pictures Classics.
Just after the death of her newly-born baby sister, Chanda, 12 years old, learns of a rumor that spreads like wildfire through her small, dust-ridden village near Johannesburg. It destroys her family and forces her mother to flee. Sensing that the gossip stems from prejudice and superstition, Chanda leaves home and school in search of her mother and the truth.
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…
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A moving story based on a novel, Chandra’s Secrets, by Allan Stratton. Chandra is at the centre of this Soouth African story, a young girl going into her but who has strong reserves which she needs to take responsibility for all that happens to her family. The film is particularly geared to a South African audience with its subject of AIDS and HIV infection, its prevalence in Africa and South Africa, the secrecy that can still surround it, community fears and the shame they impose on those infected and their families, and the difficulties in getting effective treatment.
No, Chanda does not have AIDS. Her stepfather does and has infected her mother leading to the death of their young baby. Chanda is full of common sense, arranges for the funeral, retrieves the money down at a bar stolen by her stepfather, and tends her weak and shamed mother as well as looking after her small step sister and brother who want their father and behave badly towards Chandra. Chandra also incurs the criticism of the villagers (most of whom are prone to gossip) by befriending an orphan girl who goes down to the local truckstop to service the drivers. Ultimately, chandra has to confront members of the family, the wealthy woman next door who is a friend of her mother, and stand, with the friend, boldly against a crowd who want to, literally, stone her.
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