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The Wound (2017) 

The Movie Database

6.7

The Internet Movie Database

6.8

Metacritic

8.0

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

The Wound

(2017)

Runtime

1 hour 28 minutes

Guidance Rating

TBA

Release Date (South Africa)

2017-02-03

drama

festival

Synopsis

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.

Featuring

Nakhane Touré

as Xolani

Bongile Mantsai

as Vija

Niza Jay Ncoyini

as Kwanda

Thobani Mseleni

as Babalo

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The Wound