Moffie
Movie • 2019 • Drama
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Based on André Carl van der Merwe’s book, Moffie (a derogatory Afrikaans term for a gay man) follows the story of Nicholas van der Swart: from a very young age, he realises he is different. Try as he may, he cannot live up to the macho image expected of him by his family, by his heritage. At the age of 19 he is conscripted into the South African army and finds his every sensibility offended by a system close to its demise, and yet still in full force. Set during the South African border war against communism, this is a long overdue story about the emotional and physical suffering endured by countless young men.
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Not shown, but eye drugs are briefly mentioned.
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A visibly traumatized soldier shoots himself in the head.
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It’s more ambiguous than tragic. Ambiguous enough that you can believe the characters eventually work things out... or not. It’s up to you. But there’s no death or anything drastic.
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Morphine
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Takes place during Apartheid, and the military leaders constantly use racist and homophobic rhetoric. Many of the other soldiers also engage in it.
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No - and what happens in Ward 22 is intentionally left vague, neither depicted nor described. However, electro conversion therapy was used in the real life Ward 22, which you may stumble across in your google searches.
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1) The sergeant enacts cruel and unusual punishment on the recruits.
2) Off screen, a character is sent to Ward 22 (where gay men were institutionalised). The details of what exactly happened to him remain vague.
2) Off screen, a character is sent to Ward 22 (where gay men were institutionalised). The details of what exactly happened to him remain vague.
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No scene, but the institutionalisation of gay soldiers in Ward 22 is mentioned/referenced.
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Most of the soliders are teenagers in a hostile environment. The sergeant is especially sadistic.
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I tried getting all of the time stamps but there’s so many at one point I gave up Im emetephobic and at this point I have a pretty good sense of when scenes like this occur so if your like me and you REALLY want to watch it just be super careful because it happened quite often and it’s gross but if your just looking for something I wouldn’t recommend the scenes are brief but graphic and there’s too many to count
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