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Synopsis
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is a 2016 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.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.
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Themes & motifs
the taxonomy ↗- Class DivideThemeChiron's poverty is never discussed and never absent — it is the empty kitchen, the dealer who feeds him, and the fact that nobody had taught him to swim.
- Parents and ChildrenThemeA mother who cannot mother and a dealer who does: the film keeps asking what a parent is by tracking who actually shows up.
Credits
- Producer
- Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski
- Director
- Barry Jenkins
- Screenplay
- Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney
- Director of Photography
- James Laxton
- Original Music Composer
- Nicholas Britell
- Editor
- Nat Sanders
Box office · USD, worldwide
×33.5return on budget
Budget
$1.5M
Revenue
$50.2M
Cast · 8
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