The Wound

Name: The Wound
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: August 16, 2017
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Bongile Mantsai, Gamelihle Bovana, Halalisani Bradley Cebekhulu, Inga Qwede, Nakhane Touré

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Pyramide Distribution | Release Date: August 16, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Bongile Mantsai, Gamelihle Bovana, Halalisani Bradley Cebekhulu, Inga Qwede, Nakhane Touré, Niza Jay, Sibabalwe Ngqayana, Siphosethu Ngcetane, Thobani Mseleni

Summary: 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 (Nakhane Touré), is assigned to guide Kwanda, a city boy fromThe 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 (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. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: John Trengove

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Glenn Kenny

Aug 15, 2017

Mr. Trengove shoots the film in intimate wide-screen, getting in close to the performers as their characters tamp down explosive feelings, often letting the spectacular landscapes behind them break down into soft-focus abstractions. His direction is perfectly judged up to and including the shudder-inducing ending. Read full review

Robert Abele

Sep 7, 2017

Trengove’s direction keeps things firmly grounded in the play of glances and intimacies under shelter of nature’s seclusion — dusk-lit silhouettes stealing moments, a waterfall rendezvous. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Aug 17, 2017

The result is a dark and stirring variation on the standard coming-of-age narrative that, much like its central characters, does not follow the path one might expect. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Mar 13, 2017

The Wound is rich in such small, observational details. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Mar 13, 2017

John Trengove’s first feature takes real chances, delivering a troubling portrait of the collision between communal and personal identity. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Aug 16, 2017

The plot ends in a place that feels honest and true, but it gets lost in a kind of narrative no-man’s land on its way there. Read full review

Dan Callahan

Aug 15, 2017

The writing in The Wound can be conventional and overly explanatory, but this doesn’t matter because the subject is so fresh. Read full review

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