Moonlight

Moonlight

Each of us goes through three stages of life: childhood, adolescence and adulthood. This story will show us all three stages of the African American Chiron. As a child, he lived in a crime-ridden area of ​​Miami with his drug-addicted mother, Paula. Little Chiron was constantly insulted at school, and his mother did not worry about him at all. In his teenage years, the boy meets a new friend, Kevin, who really understands him. Not just a friendship is born between the boys... Chiron's life later becomes closely related to drugs. He must understand himself what it should be like. Read more The film is based on Tarell McCrane's play "In the moonlight, black boys seem blue." The film was shot for only 25 days and took place in the southern part of the state of California, USA, and the budget was a modest 1.5 million dollars. The film was directed by Barry Jenkins, for whom this work became the most successful in his career. In addition, he worked on the screenplay with Tarell McCrane, for which both won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film starred: Naomi Harris ("28 Days Later" (2002), "Long Walk to Freedom" (2013)), Janelle Monae ("Hidden Figures" (2016)), Mahershala Ali ("The Mysterious Story of Benjamin Button" (2008), "The Innocent" (2009), "The Place Under the Pines" (2012)). The latter won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Moonlight, and Harris was nominated for the same award for Best Supporting Actress. The film won three Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and Best Film. The film premiered on September 2, 2016 at the International Film Festival in Telluride, USA. Film critics http://www.metacritic.com gave the film a score of 99/100 and https://www.rottentomatoes.com has 97% positive reviews (272 out of 279 reviews).