Canary

Jul 1 2018 Unrated 2h 3m
Drama, Musical, War

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.

Plot

A coming-of-age war musical about a small-town boy who gets chosen to serve his compulsory two-year military training in the South African Defence Force Choir and Concert group, known as the "Canaries," during the height of the Apartheid regime.

Written by

Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Christiaan Olwagen

Directed by

Christiaan Olwagen

Cast

Schalk Bezuidenhout, Hannes Otto, Germandt Geldenhuys

Crew

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Production Countries

South Africa

Production Companies

Marche Media

Languages

Afrikaans

Awards

1 win & 6 nominations

Trailers
Kanarie Film Official Trailer
Behind the Scenes
KANARIE: EPK interview: Producer ROELOF STORM
KANARIE EPK interview 2: Co-writers Christiaan Olwagen and Charl-Johan Lingenfelder
Scores
# of Votes
776
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA