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Shortlisted for 2018 Academy Awards® for best foreign language film, THE WOUND is an exploration of tradition and sexuality set amid South Africa’s XHOSA culture.

Every year, the tribe’s young men are brought to the mountains of the Eastern Cape to participate in an ancient coming-of-age ritual. Xolani, a quiet and sensitive factory worker (played by openly gay musician Nakhane Touré), is assigned to guide Kwanda, a city boy from Johannesburg sent by his father to be toughened up, through this rite of passage into manhood. As Kwanda defiantly negotiates his queer identity within this masculine environment, he quickly recognizes the nature of Xolani’s relationship with fellow guide Vija. The three men commence a dangerous dance with each other and their own desires and, soon, the threat of exposure elevates the tension to breaking point.



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Cast: Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay
Director: John Trengove
Writers: John Trengove, Thando Mgqolozana, Malusi Bengu
Country: South Africa, Germany, The Netherlands, France
Language: Xhosa
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 2:39
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 88 Mins
Sound: 5:1
DVD Release Date: 18-06-2018
VoD Release Date: 18-06-2018
Cinema Release Date: 27-04-2018
DVD Extras: Interview with Director John Trengove, The Goat - Short Film
Dvd Catalogue Number: EC1089
Year: 2017
Producer: Elias Ribeiro

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