Canary
26/08/2018
2h 3m



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.
Cast


Schalk Bezuidenhout
Johan Niemand


Hannes Otto
Wolfgang Müller


Germandt Geldenhuys
Ludolf Otterman


Gérard Rudolf
Reverend Koch


Jacques Bessenger
Reverend Engelbrecht


Francois Jacobs
Tiaan Taljaard


De Klerk Oelofse
Walter "Rambo" Boonzaaier


Ludwig Binge
Daan Goosen


David Viviers
Kevin Scott


Andrico Goosen
Ruan "Lobster" Swart


Beer Adriaanse
Corporal Crunchie


Laudo Liebenberg
Lourens Human


Geon Nel
Corporal De Wet


Emile Tredoux
Corporal du Toit


Johan Botha
Mr. Visser


Lida Botha
Mrs. Visser


Anna-Mart van der Merwe
Arlene Louw


Dawid Minnaar
Gerhard Louw


Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots
Marilette


Ashley de Lange
Marietjie
Karli Heine
Annelie
Jaco Nothnagel
Mercedes Man (voice)


Albert Pretorius
Nightclub Bully


Jennifer Steyn
English Lady


Albert Maritz
Reverend van Rensburg


Martelize Kolver
Mrs. Steenkamp
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