FIRST LOOK: The heartbreakingly beautiful trailer for SA's triumphant new film 'Moffie' will give you goose bumps

, you too will understand why film critics across the globe are falling madly in love with it., is a stunning piece of cinema in itself, and is being released first onIt was a 25th hour decision by director Oliver Hermanus to acquire the rights to the song, and include it as part of the film.

With only a ten-day window before the film had to be finished, Oliver reached out to music producer Ben Ludik. He asked Ludik to imagine recreating"I am so excited about sharing our new trailer with the South African audience," says Oliver.in the film and then to have Ben Ludik rework it for our trailer is the cherry on top.

He added:"Our new trailer is a testament to South African cinema and cinema makers taking on the world."Under the direction of Oliver the film is putting the spotlight firmly on the young men who were indoctrinated and brutalised during their compulsory military service by the former apartheid regime in the 1980s.

"The movie draws its title from a vicious Afrikaans insult used to denigrate gay men, but which Hermanus said is equally deployed as a 'weapon to shame any man for being weak, effeminate or not good enough',"

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