Canary
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2018-08-26
Runtime: 123 mins
Director: Christiaan Olwagen
Spoken language: Afrikaans, English
Genres: Music, Drama
Original title: Canary
Production Companies: Marche Media, kykNET
Production Countries: South Africa
Cast
Schalk Bezuidenhout
Hannes Otto
Germandt Geldenhuys
Gérard Rudolf
Jacques Bessenger
Francois Jacobs
De Klerk Oelofse
Ludwig Binge
David Viviers
Andrico Goosen
Beer Adriaanse
Laudo Liebenberg
Geon Nel
Emile Tredoux
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