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Canary

TMDB 6.5 / 102018123 min

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.

Original title: Kanarie

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★ 6.5 / 1020182h 3mMovie

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.

Directed by Christiaan Olwagen

Genres: Music, Drama

Cast

Schalk Bezuidenhout

Schalk Bezuidenhout

Johan Niemand

Hannes Otto

Hannes Otto

Wolfgang Müller

Germandt Geldenhuys

Germandt Geldenhuys

Ludolf Otterman

Gérard Rudolf

Gérard Rudolf

Reverend Koch

J

Jacques Bessenger

Reverend Engelbrecht

Francois Jacobs

Francois Jacobs

Tiaan Taljaard

De Klerk Oelofse

De Klerk Oelofse

Walter "Rambo" Boonzaaier

Ludwig Binge

Ludwig Binge

Daan Goosen

David Viviers

David Viviers

Kevin Scott

Andrico Goosen

Andrico Goosen

Ruan "Lobster" Swart

Beer Adriaanse

Beer Adriaanse

Corporal Crunchie

Laudo Liebenberg

Laudo Liebenberg

Lourens Human

Geon Nel

Geon Nel

Corporal De Wet

Emile Tredoux

Emile Tredoux

Corporal du Toit

J

Johan Botha

Mr. Visser

Lida Botha

Lida Botha

Mrs. Visser

Anna-Mart van der Merwe

Anna-Mart van der Merwe

Arlene Louw

Dawid Minnaar

Dawid Minnaar

Gerhard Louw

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