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A Vida, Acima de Tudo

Título original: Le secret de Chanda
  • 2010
  • PG-13
  • 1 h 40 min
AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
7,1/10
1,5 mil
SUA AVALIAÇÃO
A Vida, Acima de Tudo (2010)
A young South African girl fights to rescue the people she loves.
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6 vídeos
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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaA touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.

  • Direção
    • Oliver Schmitz
  • Roteiristas
    • Dennis Foon
    • Oliver Schmitz
    • Allan Stratton
  • Artistas
    • Khomotso Manyaka
    • Keaobaka Makanyane
    • Harriet Lenabe
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
  • AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
    7,1/10
    1,5 mil
    SUA AVALIAÇÃO
    • Direção
      • Oliver Schmitz
    • Roteiristas
      • Dennis Foon
      • Oliver Schmitz
      • Allan Stratton
    • Artistas
      • Khomotso Manyaka
      • Keaobaka Makanyane
      • Harriet Lenabe
    • 12Avaliações de usuários
    • 78Avaliações da crítica
    • 65Metascore
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
    • Prêmios
      • 13 vitórias e 10 indicações no total

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    Life, Above All
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    Life, Above All
    Life, Above All: What Did She Say?
    Clip 0:49
    Life, Above All: What Did She Say?
    Life, Above All: What Did She Say?
    Clip 0:49
    Life, Above All: What Did She Say?
    Life, Above All: Let Me Call My Mother!
    Clip 1:11
    Life, Above All: Let Me Call My Mother!
    Life, Above All: Your Best Friend
    Clip 1:16
    Life, Above All: Your Best Friend
    Life, Above All: Chanda In The Countryside
    Clip 0:48
    Life, Above All: Chanda In The Countryside
    Life, Above All: You Amaze Me
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    Life, Above All: You Amaze Me

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    Khomotso Manyaka
    • Chanda
    Keaobaka Makanyane
    • Esther
    Harriet Lenabe
    • Mrs. Tafa
    • (as Harriet Manamela)
    Lerato Mvelase
    • Lillian
    Tinah Mnumzana
    • Aunt Lizbet
    Aubrey Poolo
    • Jonah
    Mapaseka Mathebe
    • Iris
    Thato Kgaladi
    • Soly
    Kgomotso Ditshweni
    • Dudu
    Rami Chuene
    • Aunty Ruth
    Jerry Marobyane
    • Mr. Pheto
    Tshepo Emmanuel Nonyane
    • Mr. Lesole
    Johanna Refilwe Sihlangu
    • Mrs. Lesole
    Vusi Muzi Given Nyathi
    • Mr. Nylo
    Patrick Shai
    Patrick Shai
    • Dr. Charles Chilume
    Nelson Motloung
    • Mr. Chauke
    Ernest Mokoena
    • Sipho Mandla
    Mary Twala
    Mary Twala
    • Mrs. Gulubane
    • Direção
      • Oliver Schmitz
    • Roteiristas
      • Dennis Foon
      • Oliver Schmitz
      • Allan Stratton
    • Elenco e equipe completos
    • Produção, bilheteria e muito mais no IMDbPro

    Avaliações de usuários12

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    9MikeyB1793

    Strong

    This is very tender-hearted film and well acted. It grows on you so bare with it, because the characters develop through-out. It took sometime before I felt being pulled into this story, but I am very happy I stayed with it. The film has a very strong feeling of authenticity. It's not trying to swindle you with false emotions; it never sinks into false melodrama.

    The theme is of struggle – and the resiliency of women – more particularly a young girl growing up. The struggles are with poverty, AIDS, abandonment, and ignorance. The individuals face their issues with a stoical, but telling emotion. The performances are strong and intense. The ending brings us a soulful resolution.
    9lee_eisenberg

    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
    10xabisokawe

    African women

    Oliver Schmitz, the German director has a panache for telling socially relevant stories about South Africa. In the hey days of the apartheid years he made the classic and iconic Mapantsula which through its lead character Panic, a petty criminal, the international world was able to see how bad the system is through Panic's story of political consciousness been awaken by events happening around him. In the 90's he made a post apartheid film Hi-Jack stories;it did not fare that well but touched on lure of gangsterism, hijacking and criminal behavior in the new South Africa. It's very poignant in the post Madiba- post Mbeki years and in the year of the Zuma presidency that Schmitz tackles the thorny issue of the shame that is associated with HIV/AIDS and the burden of child headed families due to this epidemic. Although immediately one would like to associate Life,above all with Yesterday but Life above all is a cut above Yesterday .It feels more sincere, touching and less whimsical than Yesterday, although the films are both set in the rural areas, both use vernacular and deal with stigmatization. I think the choice to tell the story from the child's perspective in Life, Above All is refreshing and the film actually feels more contemporary than Yesterday.

    The child in question here is Khomotso Manyaka who plays Chanda; the eldest daughter in her family who has to act as a glue to hold the film and the family together as they go through trying times. Half the cast of the film have not appeared in anything before, and some of the cast are none actors ,so the performances are not always strong but they are always heart felt. Khomotso does a lot of heavy lifting and one hopes her career does not start and end here but keeps growing; for she is able to emote well and gives Chanda that naivety and tenacity at all the right moments. Then there's the evergreen Lerato Mvelase as Chanda's mother Lilian; Lerato gives Lilian that grace that a mother would have, although at times I felt she was a bit too young to have a child of Chandas age but her performance is that great that one easily overlooks that conceit. Then there's Harriet Lanabe as Mrs. Tafa; who if there was any justice in this world would be getting local awards for her performance in this role. She's brilliant; she inhibits this woman's character so well that one cannot distinguish between the character and the actor. There are plenty of acting talent in this film The film benefits for having evenly structured multi-stories were all the major characters have their journeys and we get to follow them to the end. So its not just about the messaging but there is a story that one can immerse themselves in. The powerful thing about this story is that it keeps bringing you back to our own reality and makes one ponder about one or two things as you are watching it.

    What I liked about Life, Above All is that it shows that shame factor actually does not help the situation. Shaming people and trying to put them down and ostracizing them does not sort the problem but just makes it bigger and this can be said not just for HIV/AIDS but for homosexuality,criminal behavior or any social or familial problem. It is through Chanda's uncompromising love that we see a way out of the virtuous cycle of shame and guilt. This movie ain't easy to watch but it's not a bleak movie at all. Shcmitz captures the tone of the rural life very well, from costume, to weather to iconography but above all he is able to capture the idea of a community. How communities work ,the good,the bad and the darn ugly of communities but above all what communities can do together to uplift and not just to tear down. Do yourself a favor and watch this one, it's a classic in the making, a story about us on the big screen catching it while its there.
    10Red-125

    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!
    7thabangp

    A heart touching story about a girls fight to keep her family together

    Oliver Schmitz, the German director has a panache for telling socially relevant stories about South Africa. In the hey days of the apartheid years he made the classic and iconic Mapantsula which through its lead character Panic, a petty criminal, the international world was able to see how bad the system is through Panic's story of political consciousness been awaken by events happening around him. In the 90's he made a post apartheid film Hi-Jack stories;it did not fare that well but touched on lure of gangsterism, hijacking and criminal behavior in the new South Africa. It's very poignant in the post Madiba- post Mbeki years and in the year of the Zuma presidency that Schmitz tackles the thorny issue of the shame that is associated with HIV/AIDS and the burden of child headed families due to this epidemic. Although immediately one would like to associate Life,above all with Yesterday but Life above all is a cut above Yesterday .It feels more sincere, touching and less whimsical than Yesterday, although the films are both set in the rural areas, both use vernacular and deal with stigmatization. I think the choice to tell the story from the child's perspective in Life, Above All is refreshing and the film actually feels more contemporary than Yesterday.

    The child in question here is Khomotso Manyaka who plays Chanda; the eldest daughter in her family who has to act as a glue to hold the film and the family together as they go through trying times. Half the cast of the film have not appeared in anything before, and some of the cast are none actors ,so the performances are not always strong but they are always heart felt. Khomotso does a lot of heavy lifting and one hopes her career does not start and end here but keeps growing; for she is able to emote well and gives Chanda that naivety and tenacity at all the right moments. Then there's the evergreen Lerato Mvelase as Chanda's mother Lilian; Lerato gives Lilian that grace that a mother would have, although at times I felt she was a bit too young to have a child of Chandas age but her performance is that great that one easily overlooks that conceit. Then there's Harriet Lanabe as Mrs.Tafa; who if there was any justice in this world would be getting local awards for her performance in this role. She's brilliant; she inhibits this woman's character so well that one cannot distinguish between the character and the actor. There are plenty of acting talent in this film The film benefits for having evenly structured multi-stories were all the major characters have their journeys and we get to follow them to the end.So its not just about the messaging but there is a story that one can immerse themselves in.The powerful thing about this story is that it keeps bringing you back to our own reality and makes one ponder about one or two things as you are watching it.

    What I liked about Life, Above All is that it shows that shame factor actually does not help the situation. Shaming people and trying to put them down and ostracizing them does not sort the problem but just makes it bigger and this can be said not just for HIV/AIDS but for homosexuality,criminal behavior or any social or familial problem. It is through Chanda's uncompromising love that we see a way out of the virtuous cycle of shame and guilt.This movie ain't easy to watch but it's not a bleak movie at all. Shcmitz captures the tone of the rural life very well, from costume, to weather to iconography but above all he is able to capture the idea of a community. How communities work ,the good,the bad and the darn ugly of communities but above all what communities can do together to uplift and not just to tear down. Do yourself a favor and watch this one, it's a classic in the making, a story about us on the big screen catching it while its there.

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      The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. It was not ultimately nominated but did make the Academy's shortlist.
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    Detalhes

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    • Data de lançamento
      • 11 de março de 2011 (África do Sul)
    • Países de origem
      • África do Sul
      • Alemanha
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    • Locações de filme
      • Elandsdoorn, Limpopo, África do Sul
    • Empresas de produção
      • Dreamer Joint Venture Filmproduction
      • Enigma Pictures
      • Niama Film
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    • Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
      • US$ 134.461
    • Fim de semana de estreia nos EUA e Canadá
      • US$ 13.788
      • 17 de jul. de 2011
    • Faturamento bruto mundial
      • US$ 230.529
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