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Barry Jenkins | USA | 2016 | 111 min | English | d.s.
A heart-rending and heart-warming story about a young black kid growing up to be a man in surroundings where danger lurks everywhere. Chiron has to find his way in life at an early age, without a father and with a drug-addicted mother, while he gradually discovers his sexual identity. In a colorful, warm and scintillating style, this biopic takes us to the feelings cloaked in silence of this lonely outsider.
Based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue and on his own experiences, Barry Jenkins sketches a poetic narrative with deep understanding of the pain and challenges that growing up in a poor black district of Miami involves. This second film by Jenkins, who already proved his cinematographic vision and unique voice in the film landscape with Medicine for Melancholy (2008), is pioneering in its tender portrayal of black masculinity.
Winner Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor
Place: CINEMA 1
Date: 6 April 2017
Time: 18:45
Duration: 1:30
Place: CINEMA 1
Date: 7 April 2017
Time: 13:45
Duration: 1:25
Place: CINEMA 1
Date: 9 April 2017
Time: 14:30
Duration: 1:25
Year in
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Director
Camera
James Laxton
Cast
Trevante Rhodes
André Holland
Janelle Monáe
Ashton Sanders
Jharrel Jerome
Naomie Harris
Mahershala Ali
Country
USA
Editor
Nat Sanders
Joi McMillon
Language
English
Length
111 min
Music
Nicholas Britell
Producer
Dede Gardner / Plan B Entertainment
Jeremy Kleiner / Plan B Entertainment
Adele Romanski
Production Company
A24
Plan B Entertainment
Production Design
Hannah Beachler
Sales
A24
Scenario
Barry Jenkins
Sound Design
Chris Giles
Year of Production
Barry JENKINS (1979, USA) studied Film at the Florida State University and his breakout film was the feature-length Medicine for Melancholy (2008). He made several shorts, co-founded an advertising company called Strike Anywhere and became a writer for the HBO series The Leftovers. Moonlight (2016) is his first feature film in eight years.
Filmography
(selection) My Josephine (2003, short), Little Brown Boy (2003, short), Medicine for Melancholy (2008), A Young Couple (2009, short), Tall Enough (2009, short), Chlorophyl (2011, short), Moonlight (2016)