Canary (2019)

  • NR
  • 06/18/2019 (US)
  • Music, Drama
  • 2h 3m

Overview

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.

Christiaan Olwagen

Director, Screenplay

Charl-Johan Lingenfelder

Screenplay

Cast

Schalk Bezuidenhout's headshot

Schalk Bezuidenhout

Johan Niemand
Hannes Otto's headshot

Hannes Otto

Wolfgang Müller
Germandt Geldenhuys's headshot

Germandt Geldenhuys

Ludolf Otterman
Gérard Rudolf's headshot

Gérard Rudolf

Reverend Koch
Jacques Bessenger's headshot

Jacques Bessenger

Reverend Engelbrecht
Francois Jacobs's headshot

Francois Jacobs

Tiaan Taljaard
De Klerk Oelofse's headshot

De Klerk Oelofse

Walter "Rambo" Boonzaaier
Ludwig Binge's headshot

Ludwig Binge

Daan Goosen

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