"The Wound"
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Genre: Drama
Year: 2017
Runtime: 88 min
Language:Xhosa
Country:South Africa,Germany,Netherlands,France
Director: John Trengove
Cast: Nakhane Touré , Bongile Mantsai , Niza Jay , Thobani Mseleni , Gamelihle Bovana , Halalisani Bradley Cebekhulu , Inga Qwede , Sibabalwe Ngqayana , Siphosethu Ngcetane ,
Plot: Eastern Cape, South Africa. A lonely factory worker, Xolani, takes time off his job to assist during an annual Xhosa circumcision initiation into manhood. In a remote mountain camp that is off limits to women, young men, painted in white ochre, recuperate as they learn the masculine codes of their culture. In this environment of machismo and aggression, Xolani cares for a defiant initiate from Johannesburg, Kwanda, who quickly learns Xolani's best kept secret, that he is in love with another man.
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Release Date: 2017-04-19
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