Moffie
1h 44m
Drama | Romance


About
The year is 1981 and South Africa's white minority government is embroiled in a conflict on the southern Angolan border. Like all white boys over the age of 16, Nicholas Van der Swart must complete two years of compulsory military service to defend the apartheid regime. The threat of communism and "die swart gevaar" (the so-called black danger) is at an all-time high. But that's not the only danger Nicholas faces. He must survive the brutality of the army -- something that becomes even more difficult when a connection is sparked between him and a fellow recruit.
Director
Oliver Hermanus
Cast
Kai Luke Brummer, Barbara-Marié Immelman, Michael Kirch, Remano De Beer
Rating
Year
2021
Country
South Africa, UK
Language
Afrikaans, English
Show Times
Main Trailer
Reviews
- "It does such a thought-through, empathetic, and powerful job of exploring homophobia as part of a root-and-branch mentality in South Africa's white patriarchal psyche."
- Daily Telegraph (UK) - "Both a shiver-delicate exploration of unspoken desire and a scarringly brilliant anatomy of white South African masculinity."
- Variety - "(Filmmaker) Hermanus's film manages an unflinching portrait of a society in spasm; paranoid and brutish and largely screaming at itself."
- The Guardian
Awards
- Dublin Int'l Film Festival
- Thessaloniki Film Festival
Festivals
- Venice Film Festival
- Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival
- Seoul Int'l Pride Film Festival
- Curzon Home Virtual Cinema
- Films from the South Festival
- Humen Film Festival
- Florida Film Festival
- Atlàntida Film Fest
- Glasgow Film Festival
- Luxembourg City Film Festival
- Spring Film Festival