Canary
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.
Cast
Schalk Bezuidenhout
Johan Niemand
Hannes Otto
Wolfgang Müller
Germandt Geldenhuys
Ludolf Otterman
Gérard Rudolf
Reverend Koch
Jacques Bessenger
Reverend Engelbrecht
Francois Jacobs
Tiaan Taljaard
De Klerk Oelofse
Walter "Rambo" Boonzaaier
Ludwig Binge
Daan Goosen
David Viviers
Kevin Scott
Andrico Goosen
Ruan "Lobster" Swart
Beer Adriaanse
Corporal Crunchie
Laudo Liebenberg
Lourens Human
Geon Nel
Corporal De Wet
Emile Tredoux
Corporal du Toit
Johan Botha
Mr. Visser
Storyline
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.
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