BasedonAndréCarlvanderMerwe’sbook,Moffie(aderogatoryAfrikaanstermforagayman)followsthestoryofNicholasvanderSwart:fromaveryyoungage,herealisesheisdifferent.Tryashemay,hecannotliveuptothemachoimageexpectedofhimbyhisfamily,byhisheritage.Attheageof19heisconscriptedintotheSouthAfricanarmyandfindshiseverysensibilityoffendedbyasystemclosetoitsdemise,andyetstillinfullforce.SetduringtheSouthAfricanborderwaragainstcommunism,thisisalongoverduestoryabouttheemotionalandphysicalsufferingenduredbycountlessyoungmen.