
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.
Xolani

Vija

Kwanda

Babalo
Khwalo

Elder 1
Elder 2
Sicelo
Lukas
Ncedo
Zuko
Nkosi
Dompas
Ninja
Lesego
Vija's Initiate
Vija's Initiate
Vija's Initiate
Caregiver
Caregiver
Caregiver
White Farmer
Community Man
Community Man