Moffie

"A bleak but necessary reminder that we still have so far to go before everyone is allowed to love who they love without living in fear."

"Hermanus, a black South African making a film about apartheid troops, never loses perspective."

"Digs deep into the South African psyche and teases out the contradictions within white society itself..."

"Thought-through, empathetic, and powerful..."

"A rumination on the consequences of apartheid on those who benefit from it most."

"Moffie is an altogether intense experience that often feels as punishing for the viewer as it is for the characters."

"Hermanus's film manages an unflinching portrait of a society in spasm; paranoid and brutish and largely screaming at itself."

"It's often tough to watch, but that harshness is mitigated by moments of aching tenderness and desire."

"Both a shiver-delicate exploration of unspoken desire and a scarringly brilliant anatomy of white South African masculinity."