Moffie

2020 1h 44m AF

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 102

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kai Luke Brummer
Nicholas Van der Swart
Ryan de Villiers
Dylan Stassen
Matthew Vey
Michael Sachs
Hilton Pelser
Sergeant Brand
Wynand Ferreira
Snyman
Jan Combrink
Jan Gould
Stefan Vermaak
Oscar Fourie
Hendrik Nieuwoudt
Roos

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Oliver Hermanus
Writers: Oliver Hermanus, Jack Sidey
Languages: Afrikaans, English
Countries: South Africa, United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Afrikaans, English.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: South Africa, United Kingdom.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Oliver Hermanus, shot by Jamie D. Ramsay. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Braam du Toit. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alain Dessauvage shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Kai Luke Brummer and Ryan de Villiers and Matthew Vey carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10699362 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Oliver Hermanus directs. Jamie D. Ramsay behind the camera. Braam du Toit scores. Alain Dessauvage cuts. Produced in South Africa, United Kingdom. Dialogue in Afrikaans, English.

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1Released 6 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Afrikaans, English.
3International production across 2 countries: South Africa, United Kingdom.
4Directed by Oliver Hermanus, shot by Jamie D. Ramsay. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Braam du Toit. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Alain Dessauvage shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Kai Luke Brummer and Ryan de Villiers and Matthew Vey carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt10699362 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 16 themes, including "based on novel or book", "homophobia", "south africa", "apartheid".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jamie D. Ramsay
Original score: Braam du Toit
Editing: Alain Dessauvage
Production design: Franz Lewis
Makeup / hair: Francesca Van Der Feyst
VFX supervisor: Marco Raposo de Barbosa
Stunt coordinator: Oliver Bailey
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: AF
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Moffie (2020)

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CinemaSerf2025-06-19
★ 7/10
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.

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