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.
Nakhane
as Xolani
Bongile Mantsai
as Vija
Niza Jay Ncoyini
as Kwanda
Thobani Mseleni
as Babalo
Gamelihle Bovana
as Initiate
Halalisani Bradley Cebekhulu
as Initiate
Inga Qwede
as Initiate
Sibabalwe Ngqayana
as Initiate
Siphosethu Ngcetane
as Initiate
