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2020·104 min·Released

Moffie

Drama
War
Romance

A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.

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Official US Trailer

Cast & Crew

Kai Luke Brummer

Kai Luke Brummer

Nicholas Van der Swart

Ryan de Villiers

Ryan de Villiers

Dylan Stassen

Matthew Vey

Matthew Vey

Michael Sachs

Hilton Pelser

Hilton Pelser

Sergeant Brand

Wynand Ferreira

Wynand Ferreira

Snyman

Jan Combrink

Jan Combrink

Jan Gould

Stefan Vermaak

Stefan Vermaak

Oscar Fourie

Hendrik Nieuwoudt

Hendrik Nieuwoudt

Roos

Shaun Chad Smit

Shaun Chad Smit

Dewald Van Der Merwe

Rikus Terblanche

Rikus Terblanche

Bester

Matt Ashwell

Matt Ashwell

Young Nicholas

Ludwig Baxter

Ludwig Baxter

Brent Siebert

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Written on 6/19/2025

Although he doesn’t really have that many lines to deliver, it might be Hilton Pelser who makes most impact here as the obnoxious and bigoted “Sgt. Brand” who is in charge of a troop of national service conscripts in South Africa at the start of the 1980s. Every white lad over 18 had to do his national service and so, of course, a mixture of the cerebral and the more thuggish all assemble at this boot camp where this man rules with a rod of iron. “Nicholas” (Kai Luke Brummer) is one of those men. A smaller, gentler, sort who has a secret that he must keep at all costs. Initially, he struggles to reconcile his innate nature with the brutal training provided by a military that was is the last throes of propping up it’s government, but he knows that failure will only make matters worse for him and his family especially as the solution for those “enemies” of colour was to shoot them; the solution for “degenerate” men like him was altogether different! As the dangers of exposure gradually increase and with him now posted to the Angolan border where the ammunition was definitely live, his sexuality becomes much harder for him to contain. At times this is really quite an uncomfortable film to watch as it quite potently combines elements of brutality and cruelty with just about every kind of discrimination possible. Pelser really delivers sparingly but potently and Brummer plays the hiding in plain sight role effectively as his character exudes a palpable sense of vulnerability as he constantly walks on eggshells amidst a toxic environment of fear and bullying. It’s possibly because it rather plausibly combines issues of sexuality, politics, racism and even an hint of romance into it, that this film resonates quite powerfully and augmented by some pithy and gritty dialogue offers us something thought-provoking on a number of levels.

Media

Official US Trailer

Official US Trailer

MOFFIE receives critical acclaim

MOFFIE receives critical acclaim

LIVING ROOM Q&As: Moffie with Oliver Hermanus

LIVING ROOM Q&As: Moffie with Oliver Hermanus

Official UK Trailer

Official UK Trailer

Behind the scenes at the MOFFIE boot camp

Behind the scenes at the MOFFIE boot camp

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