\u201cMoffie\u201d was all over recent awards shows, earning nominations from the BAFTA Awards for the best debut from a British writer\/director\/producer, Venice Film Festival\u2019s Queer Lion, London Film Festival for best film, and the British Independent Film Awards for best director. The movie is now making its way to the US, with the first trailer giving audiences a taste of what to expect with \u201cMoffie.\u201d<\/p>\n
The movie, an adaptation of Andr\u00e9-Carl van der Merwe\u2019s memoir, follows a closeted young man serving mandatory military service during 1980s Apartheid in South Africa. \u201cMoffie\u201d is meant to explore the psychological violence of institutionalized homophobia within the military.<\/p>\n
\u201cMoffie\u201d is the fourth movie by South African director Oliver Hermanus (\u201cShirley Adams\u201c). The movie stars Kai Luke Brummer (\u201cProfessionals\u201c), Barbara-Mari\u00e9 Immelman (\u201cBlood and Glory\u201c), Michael Kirch (\u201cBlack Sails\u201c), and Remano De Beer in his first film credit.<\/p>\n
Take a look at the official summary for \u201cMoxie\u201d below:<\/p>\n
To be a mo\ufb03e is to be weak, e\ufb00eminate, illegal. The year is 1981 and South Africa\u2019s white minority government is embroiled in a con\ufb02ict 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 \u201cdie swart gevaar\u201d (the so-called black danger) is at an all-time high. But that\u2019s not the only danger Nicholas faces. He must survive the brutality of the army \u2013 something that becomes even more di\ufb03cult when a connection is sparked between him and a fellow recruit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cMoffie\u201d hits select theaters and video on demand platforms on April 9. Take a look at the new trailer below.<\/p>\n