Moffie

About Moffie

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.

Moffie (2020) is a romance war film directed by Oliver Hermanus. It runs 104 minutes and was released in March 2020.

The film is filed under military, homophobia, forbidden love, and based on memoir or autobiography. The story is adapted from a novel.

Kai Luke Brummer stars as Nicholas Van der Swart, Ryan de Villiers as Dylan Stassen, Matthew Vey as Michael Sachs, and Hilton Pelser as Sergeant Brand. The screenplay is by Jack Sidey and Oliver Hermanus. American members can watch it on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel.

Call Me by Your Name, Maurice, and Kiss of the Spider Woman make useful companions to Moffie, all filed under 1980s, gay theme, and LGBT. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 102 votes and it carries a NR rating.