The Wound
2017 · Movie · Unrated · 88 min · ★ 6.3 · 86% critics
At a remote mountain camp in South Africa, a quiet caregiver helps guide young men through a traditional rite of passage. As tensions rise around ideas of masculinity, duty, and belonging, a hidden relationship and a defiant initiate put him under growing pressure.
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Details
- Original title
- Inxeba
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-04-19
- Language
- XH
- Rated
- Unrated
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (62 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to intimate, culturally specific dramas about identity and pressure, in the vein of Gaza mon amour or A Borrowed Identity; Not for you if you want an easy, upbeat watch.
Pros: emotionally layered story; strong sense of place; believable characters | Cons: slow-moving pace; tense subject matter; harsh social attitudes
Themes
- homophobia
- circumcision
- south africa
- xhosa
- in the closet
- initiation
- lgbt
- rite of passage
- masculinity
- banned
- african customs
- circumcision ritual
- +5 more
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2018 · nominated
Cast & crew
Nakhane
as Xolani
Bongile Mantsai
as Vija
Niza Jay Ncoyini
as Kwanda
- TM
Thobani Mseleni
as Babalo
Gabriel Mini
as Khwalo
- ZM
Zwelakhe Mtsaka
as Elder 1
- MM
Menzeleli Majola
as Elder 2
- GB
Gamelihle Bovana
as Sicelo
- HC
Halalisani Bradley Cebekhulu
as Lukas
- IQ
Inga Qwede
as Ncedo
Directed by John Trengove