Moonlight (2016)

Film details

Drama · Barry Jenkins · 1h 51min

Synopsis

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.

Verdict

Explores homosexual identity and masculinity, normalizing a particular view of sexuality.

In-depth analysis

From its opening minutes, Moonlight delves into the complex exploration of homosexual identity and masculinity, presenting this quest as a path of self-discovery and acceptance. The film, acclaimed for its direction and performances, follows its protagonist through three stages of his life, showcasing his internal and external struggle to find his place in the world and accept his sexuality. While the work addresses themes of solitude and the search for connection with remarkable artistic sensitivity, its narrative constructs a vision of sexual identity as something purely subjective and detached from natural complementarity. The normalization of homosexuality is presented as the culmination of personal authenticity, without offering a perspective that questions this premise. For PRISMA, this approach, though aesthetically refined, introduces a vision of the person and sexuality that deviates from the natural order. Therefore, it is not a work recommended for family discernment.