Life, above All (Original title)Le Secret de Chanda (Alternative title)Geliebtes Leben (Alternative title)Chanda's Secrets (Help search title)
Dates: 2010 (Copyright), 2010 (Release)Countries: Germany, South Africa, Canada, FranceDirected by: Oliver Schmitz
Production company billing: ©2010 [company not given] a Dreamer Joint Venture production in co-production with Enigma Pictures, Senator Film Produktion, Niama-Film this film was funded by Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), Filmstiftung NRW and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, German Federal Film Board (FFA), German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) [end] Developed with the help of Téléfilm Canada, Corus Entertainment, British Columbia Film Developed in association with ACE - Ateliers du Cinéma Européen, an initiative supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Community Dolby Digital In colour [2.35:1]
Synopsis: Social drama set against the AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa. Focusses on thirteen year old Chanda and the disintegration of her family as her mother, who is suffering from AIDS, gives birth to baby Sarah who dies soon after. Bother her mother to whom she is very close, and her Aunt Tafa try to protect Chanda from the shame of the disease.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Mothers, Daughters, AIDS, Sex work, Villages, South Africa
Releases
Date: 01 December 2010Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): Northern Sotho / Subtitles: French
Date: 06 May 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 105 mins 38 secs - Length: 9507 FeetDialogue (original): Northern Sotho / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Peccadillo Pictures Ltd
Date: 12 May 2011Country: GermanyRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 106 mins Dialogue (original): Northern Sotho / Subtitles: German
Dates: 2010 (Copyright), 2010 (Release)Countries: Germany, South Africa, Canada, FranceDirected by: Oliver Schmitz
Production company billing: ©2010 [company not given] a Dreamer Joint Venture production in co-production with Enigma Pictures, Senator Film Produktion, Niama-Film this film was funded by Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), Filmstiftung NRW and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, German Federal Film Board (FFA), German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) [end] Developed with the help of Téléfilm Canada, Corus Entertainment, British Columbia Film Developed in association with ACE - Ateliers du Cinéma Européen, an initiative supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Community Dolby Digital In colour [2.35:1]
Synopsis: Social drama set against the AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa. Focusses on thirteen year old Chanda and the disintegration of her family as her mother, who is suffering from AIDS, gives birth to baby Sarah who dies soon after. Bother her mother to whom she is very close, and her Aunt Tafa try to protect Chanda from the shame of the disease.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Mothers, Daughters, AIDS, Sex work, Villages, South Africa
Releases
Date: 01 December 2010Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): Northern Sotho / Subtitles: French
Date: 06 May 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 105 mins 38 secs - Length: 9507 FeetDialogue (original): Northern Sotho / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Peccadillo Pictures Ltd
Date: 12 May 2011Country: GermanyRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound)Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 106 mins Dialogue (original): Northern Sotho / Subtitles: German