Kanarie
2018 · Movie · 123 min · ★ 6.5
Kanarie (Afrikaans for 'Canary') is a coming-of-age musical war drama. Drafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's traveling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity through hardship, camaraderie, first love, and the liberating freedom of music, the true self can be discovered.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-08-26
- Language
- AF
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (21 votes)
Themes
- homophobia
- choir
- south africa
- apartheid
- military service
- male homosexuality
- lgbt
- 1980s
- military choir
- gay theme
- homosexuality
Cast & crew
Schalk Bezuidenhout
as Johan Niemand
Hannes Otto
as Wolfgang Müller
Germandt Geldenhuys
as Ludolf Otterman
Gérard Rudolf
as Reverend Koch
Jacques Bessenger
as Reverend Engelbrecht
Francois Jacobs
as Tiaan Taljaard
De Klerk Oelofse
as Walter "Rambo" Boonzaaier
Ludwig Binge
as Daan Goosen
David Viviers
as Kevin Scott
Andrico Goosen
as Ruan "Lobster" Swart
Directed by Christiaan Olwagen