The Goat

The Goat

2014 xh 12 minutes

Rating: 6

Plot

Ukwaluka is an ancient circumcision ritual for young men still widely practiced by the Xhosa in South Africa. It marks the transition from youth to manhood. A boy who has just undergone circumcision sits in semi-darkness in a simple hut on a hill, far away from the village, as prescribed by the initiation ritual. He is covered from head to toe with a paint made from clay which makes him look as white as a goat. This should be a period of healing, but he is cold and in pain. His grandfather, who is supposed to induct him into his new life, has not yet appeared. According to the belief system of the Xhosa, Ukwaluka also purges the boy from homosexual desires, for which there is no place in the world of adults.

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Cast

Thando Mhlontlo

Thando Mhlontlo

Junge

Nkosipendule Cengani

Nkosipendule Cengani

Xolani

Hlangi Vundla

Hlangi Vundla

Old man

Mbasa Tsetsana

Mbasa Tsetsana

Rain

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