Moonlight

In moonlight, black boys look blue Growing up as a black gay man, Moonlight felt like a reflection of my own existence as I went through nearly everything that is depicted in this movie. The way i behaved was often considered too feminine, my personal interests were reductively seen as too off-standard for a boy and I couldn't hang out with girls without being bullied or called a faggot. Fortunately, everything that has happened during my childhood is behind me now and today I'm very proud of my queerness and I'm more than glad that I never denied my personnality to match society's expectations. Moonlight is more than a movie, it's the depiction of a harsh reality that many people like me have experienced, endured and probably still struggle with today. Not only is this an important cinematographic work, but it's also done with a lot of tenderness and authenticity. Throughout my viewing experience, I felt like the movie was reaching my soul, through the immersive and flawless sound design and the outstanding performances of the three actors that embodied Chiron. Dividing the movie in three parts, displaying different slice of the life of Chiron was genuinely the greatest choice made to tackle the social themes the film approaches. It allows the viewer to clearly grasp how significant they are in each age range, but moreover it allows them to feel closer to the characters, especially in the most intimate moments. Ultimately, Moonlight is a purely humanizing and poetic movie, about vulnerability, identity struggle and being gay and black in a marginalized environment, that communicate with its audience through emotions and visually-evocative imagery. I honestly don't know how to properly finish this review other than saying that the struggle for identity has never felt more palpable.