The Wound

Eastern Cape, South Africa. A lonely factory worker, Xolani, takes time off his job to assist during an annual Xhosa circumcision initiation into manhood. In a remote mountain camp that is off limits to women, young men, painted in white ochre, recuperate as they learn the masculine codes of their culture. In this environment of machismo and aggression, Xolani cares for a defiant initiate from Johannesburg, Kwanda, who quickly learns Xolani's best kept secret, that he is in love with another man.

Director: John Trengove

Cast

Nakhane

Xolani

Bongile Mantsai

Vija

Niza Jay Ncoyini

Kwanda

T

Thobani Mseleni

Babalo

Gabriel Mini

Khwalo

Z

Zwelakhe Mtsaka

Elder 1

M

Menzeleli Majola

Elder 2

G

Gamelihle Bovana

Sicelo