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Feature film — 2018

Canary (2018)

6.52h 3mMusic — Drama

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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A high-signal pick with 21 votes.

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Director: Christiaan Olwagen

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Cast & crew

Schalk Bezuidenhout as Johan Niemand

Schalk Bezuidenhout

Johan Niemand

Hannes Otto as Wolfgang Müller

Hannes Otto

Wolfgang Müller

Germandt Geldenhuys as Ludolf Otterman

Germandt Geldenhuys

Ludolf Otterman

Gérard Rudolf as Reverend Koch

Gérard Rudolf

Reverend Koch

J

Jacques Bessenger

Reverend Engelbrecht

Francois Jacobs as Tiaan Taljaard

Francois Jacobs

Tiaan Taljaard

De Klerk Oelofse as Walter "Rambo" Boonzaaier

De Klerk Oelofse

Walter "Rambo" Boonzaaier

Ludwig Binge as Daan Goosen

Ludwig Binge

Daan Goosen

David Viviers as Kevin Scott

David Viviers

Kevin Scott

Andrico Goosen as Ruan "Lobster" Swart

Andrico Goosen

Ruan "Lobster" Swart

Beer Adriaanse as Corporal Crunchie

Beer Adriaanse

Corporal Crunchie

Laudo Liebenberg as Lourens Human

Laudo Liebenberg

Lourens Human

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