FILMS
youth | social | cities | society
D 2009 | 88 min
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE
© 2009 Pieter Hugo Web
Die Andere Seite des Lebens - zwei Brueder aus dem Township
Lucky and Bongani
© 2009 Brockhaus/Wolff
inside thepolice truck before their prison admission
Lucky Walk
© 2009 Brockhaus/Wolff
At the edge of the edge
Lucky, Morning Shower
© 2009 BrockhausWolff
Lucky and Bongani pretend to be cool and in the know. To survive in a Cape Town township, they learned their lessons early: where to get drugs, where to get money, how to pick up girls and how to get rid of them.
Their mother does not pay much attention to her sons, but at least their grandmother is on their side. The two brothers share everything: the bed, the food and now even an accusation of murder. The first thing they get in prison is an unmistakable lesson about the rules there. No question, newcomers are always at the bottom of the hierarchy. They must learn quickly who may be attacked and who must be served. A matter of survival in jail.
Out on bail, something special awaits them - an initiation of a different kind.
The brothers move through three cultures, each of which calls for its own gestures and rituals. The deep rift between the generations becomes painfully obvious. The old people still have the sense of honour of African tradition; their successors have only a tiny chance of escaping the squalid suburbs. What will be their package in life? Through a clever dramatic narrative structure, the film rises above a social environment study to become a far-ranging discourse about the future of an Africa ground to pieces between tradition and modernity.

HDCam | SR | Dolby 5.1 | Isixhosa/English version with English subtitles available
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Original titleDie Andere Seite des Lebens - zwei Brueder aus dem Township
SubtitleDie Andere Seite des Lebens - zwei Brueder aus dem Township
CAST AND CREW
CameraStefanie Brockhaus, Andy Wolff
DirectorAndy Wolff | Stefanie Brockhaus, Andy Wolff
EditorStefanie Brockhaus, Andy Wolff, Ulrike Tortora
ScreenplayStefanie Brockhaus
 
Production Company
Brockhaus/Wolff GbR
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