Three stages, three actors, one character: Moonlight follows Chiron from childhood to adulthood. Barry Jenkins' film is returning to French cinemas on February 24, 2027, distributed by Motel, ten years after its initial release in France on February 1, 2017.
Chiron grows up in a rough neighborhood in Miami. Family ties, friendship, and the awakening of his own desires shape his journey as he searches for belonging and faces the expectations surrounding masculinity. Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders and Trevante Rhodes portray him at the child, teen, and adult stages, respectively.
Barry Jenkins adapts the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney. Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris help round out the cast of this 2016 feature, whose narrative follows the shaping of identity across three chapters of life.
At the 2017 Oscars, Moonlight took home the award for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney. In the director’s arc, it is followed by If Beale Street Could Talk, another adaptation centered on the love and lives of a young African American couple.
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