The Whale Caller (2016)

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Details

  • romance
  • drama

Logline

A love triangle forms when Whale Caller falls for a whale, Sharisha, while oblivious to a real woman who is infatuated with him

Year

2016

Type

Fiction

Format

Feature Film

Release Date

2016/10/13

Runtime

107 minutes

Stage

Finished

Plot Summary

A Whale Caller lingers at the shoreline, wooing a whale he has named Sharisha with cries from a kelp horn. When Sharisha fails to appear for weeks on end, the whale caller frets like a jealous lover, oblivious to the fact that the town drunk, Saluni, a woman who wears a silk dress and red stiletto heels, is infatuated with him.

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Cast

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Crew

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Zola Maseko

director

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Zola Maseko

writer

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Zola Maseko

producer

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Dylan Voogt

producer

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Zakes Mda

writer

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