Canary (2018)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Canary |
| Original title | Canary |
| Country of production | South Africa |
| original language | Afrikaans , English |
| Publishing year | 2018 |
| length | 120 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christiaan Olwagen |
| script |
Charl-Johan Lingenfelder , Christiaan Olwagen |
| production | Jaco Smit |
| music | Charl-Johan Lingenfelder |
| camera | Chris Vermaak |
| cut | Eva Du Preez |
| occupation | |
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Kanarie (Original title: Canary ) is a musical - drama by Christiaan Olwagen from the year 2018 through a conscript , who in 1985 in South Africa a soldier - Choir joins.
action
South Africa, mid-1980s: When the 18-year-old New Wave and Depeche Mode fan Johan Nobody was accepted for his military service with the renowned soldiers' choir “Canaries”, he saw this as a rescue from the dreaded military drill. The choir is led by the friendly Reverend Engelbrecht and the strict Reverend Koch. During a tour, Johan falls in love with his choir mate Wolfgang. In addition, he begins to rebel against the system of the apartheid regime.
publication
The film was first shown in Canada in May 2018; in July 2018 it ran in the USA. Kanarie was released in South Africa on October 19, 2018. The film is set to have its German premiere at the queer film festival on September 1, 2019 in Berlin , Munich and Stuttgart .
criticism
In Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden calls the film "a winning combination of thoughtfulness and exuberance". On Splingmovies the film is described as an "original, compelling, provocative and powerful coming-of-age, fish-out-of-water- and coming-out drama".
Web links
- Kanarie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Canary Islands . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 192131 / K).
- ^ Internet Movie Database. In: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8595480/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ov_inf (English). Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ↑ queer film festival . In: www.queerfilmfestival.net/2019/07/kanarie. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ↑ Sheri Linden: 'Kanarie': Film Review | Outfest 2018 of July 22, 2018 (English), accessed on August 28, 2019.
- ↑ Stephen Aspeling: Movie Review: Kanarie from October 15, 2019 (English), accessed on August 28, 2019.