Life, Above All (2010)

Directed by

Oliver Schmitz

Genre

drama film

Country

South Africa, Germany

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl in a South African township tries to keep her family together after her mother falls ill. She faces stigma and secrets in her community while caring for her siblings.

somberslow-burnmelancholicintimaterestrainedpoignantgrounded

What happens

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 2004 novel Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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