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{{Short description|2022 South African drama film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use South African English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| director       = Fabian Medea
| studio         = Known Associates Entertainment
| distributor    = [[Netflix]]
| runtime        = 123 min
| country        = South Africa
| language       = English, [[Afrikaans]]
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2022|October|28}}
}}
'''''Wild Is the Wind''''' (2022) is a South African crime drama film directed by Fabian Medea. It depicts the corruption and racism in the South African judicial system through the investigation of the murder of an Afrikaner girl by two corrupt policemen played by [[Mothusi Magano]] and [[Frank Rautenbach]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guarragi |first=Amanda |date=2022-10-29 |title=Wild Is the Wind review - what does corruption look like in South Africa? |url=https://readysteadycut.com/2022/10/29/wild-is-the-wind-review/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Ready Steady Cut |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Wild is the Wind (2022) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film886614.html |language=en |access-date=2022-11-08}}</ref>
The film is a co-production between [[Netflix]] and Known Associates Entertainment, a South African production company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vourlias |first=Christopher | date=2022-02-14 |title=Known Associates Rock the Cradle With New South African Film Studios (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/known-associates-entertainment-cradle-film-studios-1235179703/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Cast ==
* [[Mothusi Magano]] as Vusi Matsoso
* [[Frank Rautenbach]] as John Smit
* [[Chris Chameleon]] as Wilhelm
* [[Mona Monyane]] as Abigail Matsoso
* Nicolus Moitoi as Sonnyboy
* [[Izel Bezuidenhout]] as Melissa
* Phoenix Baaitse as Slick
* Deon Coetzee as Martin Van Der Walt
== Release and reception ==
It was released on Netflix in October 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Renner |first=Brian D. |title=Everything You Need to Know About Wild Is the Wind Movie (2022): Oct. 28, 2022 - added a poster to the photo gallery |url=https://www.movieinsider.com/m20839/wild-is-the-wind |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Movie Insider |language=en}}</ref>  and ranked in the streamer's Global Top 10 within the first week of its release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Netflix Top 10: One of 2022's Biggest Animated Movies Jumps to #1 |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/netflix-top-10-the-bad-guys-2022-biggest-animated-movie/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Movies |language=en}}</ref> As of 7 November 2022, it scored 63% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Wild Is the Wind |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_is_the_wind_2022 |language=en |access-date=2022-11-08}}</ref>
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[[Category:2020s English-language films]]
[[Category:Afrikaans-language films]]
[[Category:Netflix original films]]
[[Category:South African crime drama films]]
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[[Category:2022 multilingual films]]
[[Category:English-language crime drama films]]
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