He walks to the back of the room, and grabbing a chair by the legs, smashes the chair over the bully's head and back, unintentionally rendering him unconscious. The next day, Chiron arrives in class late. Kevin is conflicted and doesn't want to do it but under peer pressure, and to prove that he is a man, he hits Chiron over and over when Chiron refuses to lie down. But the very next day in class, the school bully goads Kevin into punching Chiron in the face. One assumes they now have a special bond.
Taking Chiron in his arms, he kisses him while manipulating his genitals. As they smoke blunts, Kevin becomes amorous. Kevin, his one school buddy, takes Chiron to the beach one night. Placing her hands on her hips and mincing, she says, "See how he stands? See how he walks?" When Juan rebukes her, she, knowing that Juan has grown to love her child, taunts him about Chiron. The mother is aware of Chiron's friendship with Juan and Teresa, and in a moment of desperation, she visits Juan and demands money from him. His only real friends are Juan and Teresa, who let him stay at their home from time to time when the pressure from his mother becomes too much. Hen has become a social outcast among his school peers.
The movie moves to the next sequence., Chiron is now a high school teen. Juan tells him, "It's a word that people use when they want to be mean to gay people." Juan asks Chiron if he knows what the word means but Chiron is not sure. In a scene from the childhood sequence, Chiron asks Juan if he is a "fag". Juan feels sorry for the boy but realizes that aside from feeding Chiron and giving him some money, he has no other alternative than to bring the child back home to his mother.Īs the film moves on, the audience learns that Chiron is gay. After a few days, under the emotional warmth that he receives from Juan's girl-friend, Teresa, Chiron tells her about his horrible home life. Finding Chiron, Juan tries to find out who he is and where he lives. So Chiron runs away from home and finds shelter in the backyard of the local drug dealer, Juan. At a time when he is beset by confusing emotions and is suffering deeply, his mother offers him no nurturing at all. The story is divided into three time periods the protagonist, Chiron as a child, then as a teen-ager, and finally as an adult.Ĭhiron is an abused child, abused by his drug addicted mother.
That being said, it is a film worth seeing a story of down-trodden people striving to overcome the worst that life has dealt them, just to survive. In a word, it's a dark and depressing tale literally about dark people living in a black slum in Miami a tale about drug dealers, junkies, and homosexuals. It is very slow moving [although the director might phrase it as "slow paced", and it is not a story that will appeal to most viewers in America.
My opinion is that MOONLIGHT is NOT the best movie of 2016. If you want my opinion, and you must want my opinion else you would be reading someone else's review. Moonlight - British actress Naomie Harris has been nominated for an Oscar for her role as a crack-addicted mother in the 2016 indie drama 'Moonlight.' "No Small Parts" takes a look at some other roles she's played in her career. Moonlight - A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. Opening Weekend: $402,075 (USA) (October 21, 2016)Ĭompany Credits: Production Co: A24, Plan B EntertainmentĬalled The Most Anticipated Black Film of 2016 by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Motion Picture Rating (MPAA): Rated R for some sexuality, drug use, brief violence, and language throughout - See all certifications at Taglines: This is the story of a lifetime. Plot Keywords: gay lead character - gay African American - homosexuality - homophobia Plot: A chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young black man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. Stars: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson Writers: Barry Jenkins (screenplay), Tarell Alvin McCraney (story by)