Eastern Cape. A lonely factory worker, Xolani, travels to a secluded
mountain camp near his rural home to participate in a traditional
Xhosa initiation into manhood. He is tasked with mentoring Kwanda,
a gay teenager from Johannesburg who has grown estranged from his
traditional culture. In a ceremony supervised by older men, Kwanda
and five other initiates are ritually circumcised. Over the weeks that
follow, Xolani tries to teach his rebellious initiate about the ways
of Xhosa manhood, but his life is thrown into crisis when Kwanda
discovers his secret. Xolani is in love with his best friend Vija, a married
man from a nearby village.