UNITED STATES · 2016

Moonlight

Barry Jenkins
coming of age lgbtq+ identity masculinity poverty and class love and relationships
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The 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.

Year2016
CountryUnited States
DirectorBarry Jenkins
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Cinema DNA 23 films · 11 countries
23 films that shaped it
  1. Sans soleil 1982 · Chris Marker France
  2. Cléo from 5 to 7 1962 · Agnès Varda France
  3. Portrait of Jason 1967 · Shirley Clarke United States
  4. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany
  5. Close-Up 1990 · Abbas Kiarostami Iran
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