Why it may be worth watching
- Canary combines Music and Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Schalk Bezuidenhout, Hannes Otto, Germandt Geldenhuys.
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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.
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Cast
Schalk BezuidenhoutJohan Niemand
Hannes OttoWolfgang Müller
Germandt GeldenhuysLudolf Otterman
Gérard RudolfReverend Koch
Jacques BessengerReverend Engelbrecht
Francois JacobsTiaan Taljaard
De Klerk OelofseWalter "Rambo" Boonzaaier
Ludwig BingeDaan Goosen
David ViviersKevin Scott
Andrico GoosenRuan "Lobster" Swart
Beer AdriaanseCorporal Crunchie
Laudo LiebenbergLourens Human
Geon NelCorporal De Wet
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Best suited to viewers looking for Music, Drama.
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Themes and topics
homophobiachoirsouth africaapartheidmilitary servicemale homosexualitylgbt1980s
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