The Wound (2017)

04/19/2017Drama1h 28m
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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.

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  1. Cast 1

    Nakhane

    Xolani

  2. Cast 1

    Bongile Mantsai

    Vija

  3. Cast 1

    Niza Jay Ncoyini

    Kwanda

  4. Thobani Mseleni

    Babalo

  5. Cast 1

    Gabriel Mini

    Khwalo

  6. Zwelakhe Mtsaka

    Elder 1

  7. Menzeleli Majola

    Elder 2

  8. Gamelihle Bovana

    Sicelo

  9. Halalisani Bradley Cebekhulu

    Lukas

"Xolani" or just "X" (Nakhane) left his Xhosa tribe to find work in the city, but has now returned as a "caregiver" to help the young men prepare for their impending initiation into manhood. This essentially involves being covered in a white paint and preparing for a circumcision that was as likely to lead to terminal infection as to anything else. He reunites with his married friend "Vija" (Bongile Mantsai) and we quickly discover that's their is an unconventional friendship - and one that is best kept under wraps. That proves much more difficult when one of his initiates - "Kwanda" (Niza Jay...