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The Wound

The Wound

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Drama
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Afrikaans , English , Xhosa
📆 Date Released: 2017-04-19
⌚ Running Time: 88 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.4

Beloved Cast

Nakhane original image
Xolani
Nakhane
Bongile Mantsai original image
Vija
Bongile Mantsai
Niza Jay Ncoyini original image
Kwanda
Niza Jay Ncoyini
Thobani Mseleni original image
Babalo
Thobani Mseleni
Gamelihle Bovana original image
Initiate
Gamelihle Bovana
Halalisani Bradley Cebekhulu original image
Initiate
Halalisani Bradley Cebekhulu
Inga Qwede original image
Initiate
Inga Qwede
Sibabalwe Ngqayana original image
Initiate
Sibabalwe Ngqayana
Siphosethu Ngcetane original image
Initiate
Siphosethu Ngcetane

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