CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 2h 3m

Canary

65%(21)IMDbMusicDrama

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 byChristiaan Olwagen

Status: Released
Runtime: 2h 3m
Language: AF
Released: August 26, 2018

Studios

Marche Media

kykNET

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Schalk Bezuidenhout

Schalk Bezuidenhout

Johan Niemand

Hannes Otto

Hannes Otto

Wolfgang Müller

Germandt Geldenhuys

Germandt Geldenhuys

Ludolf Otterman

Gérard Rudolf

Gérard Rudolf

Reverend Koch

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

Creative team

Directed by: Christiaan Olwagen
Written by: Charl-Johan Lingenfelder
Christiaan Olwagen
Produced by: Jaco Smit
Roelof Storm

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