Moonlight: Who Do You Say That I Am? (Matthew 16:15)
Chiron carries his true self buried so deep even he can barely find it. In a world that demands he be hard, he builds walls...
This is movie analogies on identity and authenticity, drawing on Matthew 16:15, Psalm 139:1-4 and 1 Samuel 16:7.
Chiron carries his true self buried so deep even he can barely find it. In a world that demands he be hard, he builds walls of muscle and silence. Only Juan, a drug dealer who becomes a father figure, sees the frightened boy inside. Juan takes young Chiron to the ocean and holds him afloat. "At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be," Juan tells him.…
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