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.

Life, Above All (2010)
Directed by Oliver Schmitz
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Official Site
Box Office
$230,529
Themes
Tags
Africa, Chanda, Coffin, Esther, Johannesburg, Jonah, Poverty, Prostitution, School, South Africa
Attributes
Based On: based on novels
Alternate Titles
A Vida, Acima de Tudo
BR, PT
Elämä ennen kaikkea
FI
Élni kell
HU
Geliebtes Leben
DE
La vida por encima de todo
AR
Le secret de Chanda
, BE, FR
Life, Above All
NO, ZA, GB, US
Life, above all
SE
Przede wszystkim życie
PL
Viata, mai presus de orice
RO
Жизнь превыше всего
RU
生活,高于一切
CN