The Wound
Inxeba
2017, Film, 88 min, Drama, Romance, Xhosa, Germany, MoviePedia score 65
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.
Directed by John Trengove
Cast
- Nakhane as Xolani
- Bongile Mantsai as Vija
- Niza Jay as Kwanda
- Thobani Mseleni as Babalo
- Gabriel Mini as Khwalo
- Zwelakhe Mtsaka as Elder 1
- Menzeleli Majola as Elder 2
- Gamelihle Bovana as Sicelo
- Halalisani Bradley Cebekhulu as Lukas
- Inga Qwede as Ncedo
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