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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.

movie

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

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