'Moonlight': A Retrospective on Barry Jenkins' Masterpiece
Barry Jenkins' masterpiece holds up as the story of a lifetime centered on the intersection of Blackness and gay identity.
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Wounded during a rugby match he'd come to Paris to play, Tonin Bonnafous, a thoroughbred southerner, settled in Paris with a former stalag mate he'd happily met. Tonin liked the asylum. His friends are charming, and there's a neighbor, Martine, a young cinema extra, whom Tonin finds to his liking. Through his electrician friend, Tonin gets a job on the radio, and through his young neighbor, he even gets a job as an extra in the cinema.
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Wounded during a rugby match he'd come to Paris to play, Tonin Bonnafous, a thoroughbred southerner, settled in Paris with a former stalag mate he'd happily met. Tonin liked the asylum. His friends are charming, and there's a neighbor, Martine, a young cinema extra, whom Tonin finds to his liking. Through his electrician friend, Tonin gets a job on the radio, and through his young neighbor, he even gets a job as an extra in the cinema.
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Genre:Comedy
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Procinex, Coopérative Générale du Cinéma Français
Cast
André Berthomieu
Director
Henri Génès
Tonin Bonafous
Jeannette Batti
Martine Cairolle
Nicole Maurey
Annette Durand
Jean-Marc Thibault
Dudu Durand
Jacques Gencel
Jojo Cairolle
Louis Velle
Martine's fiancé
Paul Faivre
Mr. Leloup of the funeral directors
Robert Rollis
Noisemaker
Gaston Orbal
Orchestra conductor
Charles Bouillaud
Neighbor at the window
André Bourillon
Radio host
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