PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Nakane Tourè, actor of the film The Wound.
Fred’s Chiara Nicoletti meets Nakane Tourè, protagonist of The Wound, the Panorama opening film of the 67th Berlinale. Nakane reveals that he first joined the film’s production as music composer for the film’s soundtrack. John Trengove instead looked at him and found his protagonist. Tourè decided to embark on this adventure because he felt that the film could deal with universal themes, such as impossible love, passion, desire and black masculinity stereotypes.
The Wound: Xolani, a lonely factory worker, joins the men of his community in the mountains of the Eastern Cape to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood. When a defiant initiate from the city discovers his best kept secret, Xolani’s entire existence begins to unravel.
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