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Moonlight
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"Moonlight" is a 2016 film directed by Barry Jenkins that follows a Black boy's coming-of-age journey across three stages of his life in Miami. The film is widely regarded as a significant work of contemporary American cinema for its intimate storytelling, visual poetry, and nuanced exploration of identity and masculinity.
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Film · TMDB
7.4The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Cast
- Trevante Rhodes as Black
- André Holland as Kevin
- Janelle Monáe as Teresa
- Ashton Sanders as Chiron
- Jharrel Jerome as Kevin Age 16
- Alex R. Hibbert as Little
Themes
- drug dealer
- high school
- florida
- drug abuse
- miami, florida
- parent child relationship
- fight
- homophobia
- drug addiction
- ghetto
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
349,429 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
98%
Metacritic
99/100
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 3 Oscars. 235 wins & 310 nominations total
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Official website
Moonlight | A24
Winner of 3 Academy Awards® including Best Picture. From director Barry Jenkins and starring Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders and André Holland.
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 395573
- Official website
- moonlight.movie
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- title
- Moonlight
- publication date
- 2016-09-02
- capital cost
- 1500000
- box office
- 27854932
- Commons category
- Moonlight (film)
- social media followers
- 29346
- review score
- 7.4/10
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Moonlight is a 2016 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. It stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe in her first film appearance, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome in his feature film debut, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali.
The film presents three stages in the life of the main character: his childhood, adolescence, and early adult life. It explores the difficulties he faces with his homosexuality and identity as a black homosexual man, including the physical and emotional abuse he endures growing up. Filmed in Miami, Florida, beginning in 2015, Moonlight premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016. It was released in the United States on October 21, 2016, by A24, receiving critical acclaim with praise towards its editing, cinematography, score, Jenkins's direction and screenplay, and handling of the themes of sexuality and masculinity. The performances of Harris and Ali also received widespread acclaim. It grossed over $65 million worldwide.