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Kanarie poster
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Strong
MASTER SCORE 66.6 / 100
2018·Drama / Musical / War·2h 3m

KANARIE

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.

Above the Line
Christiaan Olwagen·DirectorCharl-Johan Lingenfelder·ScreenplayChristiaan Olwagen·ScreenplayChris Vermaak·Director of PhotographyCharl-Johan Lingenfelder·Original Music ComposerEva du Preez·Editor
Cast
Schalk Bezuidenhout·Johan NiemandHannes Otto·Wolfgang MüllerGermandt Geldenhuys·Ludolf OttermanGérard Rudolf·Reverend KochJacques Bessenger·Reverend EngelbrechtFrancois Jacobs·Tiaan TaljaardDe Klerk Oelofse·Walter "Rambo" BoonzaaierLudwig Binge·Daan GoosenDavid Viviers·Kevin ScottAndrico Goosen·Ruan "Lobster" Swart
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 2
Christiaan Olwagen·DirectorJaco Smit·First Assistant Director
Writing· 2
Charl-Johan Lingenfelder·ScreenplayChristiaan Olwagen·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Chris Vermaak·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Eva du Preez·Editor
Sound & Music· 12
Charl-Johan Lingenfelder·Original Music ComposerCharl-Johan Lingenfelder·Sound DesignerMichael J. Broomberg·Foley ArtistJade Hill·Foley ArtistDavid Houston·Foley RecordistJames Olivier·Sound DesignerCarl Roberts·Foley RecordistJack Van Wyk·Dialogue EditorJack Van Wyk·Sound Effects EditorLouw Verwoerd·Sound MixerSimon Ratcliffe·Sound Re-Recording MixerDavid Houston·Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art & Design· 4
Rocco Pool·Production DesignMariechen Vosloo·Costume DesignerMari Conradie·Makeup & HairStefan Benade·Set Decoration
Production· 8
Jaco Smit·ProducerRoelof Storm·ProducerJan du Plessis·Executive ProducerKaren Meiring·Executive ProducerKaye Ann Williams·Executive ProducerAnneke Villet·Executive ProducerElmarie Botha·Line ProducerVerene van der Heyden·Production Manager
By the Numbers
66.6
OF 100
Master Score
7.5
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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