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Moonlight(Movie, 2016)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 51min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 3,217 votes)

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is a 2016 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.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, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, and André Holland. The film presents three stages in the life of the main character: his childhood, adolescence, and early adult life. It explores the difficulties he faces with his sexuality and identity, including the physical and emotional abuse he endures growing up. Filmed in Miami, Florida, beginning in 2015, Moonlight p... ()

Movie poster of Moonlight

Where to watch Moonlight (cinema/streaming/download)?

"Moonlight" is currently available on 4 providers. Moonlight can be streamed free of charge on Sky Ticket and VIDEOBUSTER.de (as part of a subscription), can be rented on Amazon Instant Video, Apple / iTunes Store and VIDEOBUSTER.de (SD/HD/4K) and Moonlight can also be purchased at Amazon Instant Video, Apple / iTunes Store and VIDEOBUSTER.de (as download from the website or as Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 1h 51min

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Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 1h 51min

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Duration: 1h 52min

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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Moonlight

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Dorian Award for Lgbtq Film of The Year Dorian Award for Film of The Year nominated for: AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Director nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture

About Moonlight

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.

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Trailer for Moonlight + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Making History Promo(Teaser, 0:39)

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Making History Promo (Teaser)

Timeless Promo (Teaser)

Moonlight - Trailer (Trailer)

"All Love" TV Spot (Teaser)

"Shine" TV Spot (Teaser)

"Love" TV Spot (Teaser)

"Mama" TV Spot (Teaser)

Triumph Promo (Teaser)

World Promo (Teaser)

Lifetime Promo (Teaser)

Official Trailer (Trailer)

"Middle of The World" (Clip)

Decide for Yourself (Clip)

"All Love All Pride" (Clip)

"Classic Man" (Clip)

"Back Home" (Clip)

Live Orchestra (Featurette)

The Score | Official Featurette (Featurette)

Director Barry Jenkins on MOONLIGHT (Featurette)

Who Is You, Chiron? | Official Featurette (Featurette)

Magic In the Making | Official Featurette (Featurette)

We Are Family | Official Featurette (Featurette)

Music of Moonlight | Official Featurette (Featurette)

Moonlight Q&A with stars Naomie Harris, Janelle Monáe and director Barry Jenkins (Featurette)

MOONLIGHT | Promo | "Triumph" (deutsch/german) (Trailer, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Promo | "Nur Liebe" (deutsch/german) (Trailer, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Promo | "Mama" (deutsch/german) (Trailer, DE)

MOONLIGHT | HD Trailer (deutsch/german) (Trailer, DE)

MOONLIGHT Trailer German Deutsch (2017) (Trailer, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Trailer (deutsch/german) | Jetzt im Kino (Trailer, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Offizieller TEASER (deutsch/german) (Teaser, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Clip | "Black & Kevin stoßen an" (Clip, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Clip | "Nur Liebe & Stolz" (Clip, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Clip | "Juan erwischt Paula" (Clip, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Clip | "Entscheidung" (Clip, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Clip | "Die Mitte der Welt" (Clip, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Clip | "Juan bringt Little nach Hause" (Clip, DE)

MOONLIGHT | Featurette (OmdU) (Featurette, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.moonlight-movie.com

Production countries: United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Miami & Miami Beach (Florida)

Plays in: Miami & Miami Beach (Florida), Atlanta (Georgia), Liberty City

Made by: A24, Plan B Entertainment, Upload Films, Altitude Film Entertainment, Pastel Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 37 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian Nynorsk (NN), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 03/09/2017 (World premiere: 10/21/2016)

Cast: Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Ashton Sanders, Mahershala Ali, Jharrel Jerome, Alex R. Hibbert

Director: Barry Jenkins

Producer: Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner

Screenwriter: Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney

Executive Producer: Brad Pitt

Film Editor: Nat Sanders, Joi McMillon

Director of Photography: James Laxton

Composer: Nicholas Britell

Costume designer: Caroline Eselin

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Luz de luna"

"Luz de Luna"

"月亮喜欢蓝"

"Kuuvalgus"

"მთვარის შუქი"

"Σεληνόφως"

"Holdfény"

"문라이트"

"Menesiena"

"Lumina lunii"

"Mesečina"

"Лунный свет"

"Ay Işığı"

"Мiсячне сяйво"

"Місячне світло"

"Anh Trang"

Keywords: restaurant, fight, florida, drug dealer, drug abuse, parent child relationship, drug addiction, male homosexuality, gay, black lgbt, high school, addict, coming of age, ghetto, lgbt, gay theme

Budget: 4,000,000 USD

Revenue: 65,046,687 USD (= 1,626%)

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Other movies with this title: Moonlight (FR, 1932), Moonlight (US, 1982), Moonlight (2002), Moonlight (DE/NL/GB/LU, 2002), Moonlight (GR, 2009), Moonlight (2014)

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