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Synopsis: Three time periods - young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult - in the life of black-American Chiron is presented. When a child, Chiron lives with his single, crack addict mother Paula in a crime ridden neighborhood in Miami. Chiron is a shy, withdrawn child largely due to his small size and being neglected by his mother, who is more concerned about getting her fixes and satisfying her carnal needs than taking care of him. Because of these issues, Chiron is bullied, the slurs hurled at him which he doesn't understand beyond knowing that they are meant to be hurtful. Besides his same aged Cuban-American friend Kevin, Chiron is given what little guidance he has in life from a neighborhood drug dealer named Juan, who can see that he is neglected, and Juan's caring girlfriend Teresa, whose home acts as a sanctuary away from the bullies and away from Paula's abuse. With this childhood as a foundation, Chiron may have a predetermined path in life, one that will only be magnified in terms
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Barry Jenkins
Production: A24 Films
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 220 wins & 270 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
99
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
R
Year:
2016
111 min
$27,850,910
Website
3,819 Views


can be dangerous

to the human body, right?

Okay, can anybody explain

what will happen to the body

if there's not enough

white blood cells?

Ain't nobody's leaving this

classroom until I get a response.

This is more important for you

than it is for me, trust me.

Hey yo, Little!

Where you going to so fast, huh?

- I'm going home.

- Huh?

Man, I told you.

I'm going home!

You think we stupid?

You live over there, nigga.

Oh no, he going to Teresa house.

Teresa?

That's Juan lady, ain't it?

Oh yeah. She fine as hell.

- Juan been dead a minute, though.

- You right.

Hell, she give free head?

Or does she charge like Paula?

Hell, Paula getting cheap

though.

Talkin' like a rock

can get your rock sucked!

Nigga, what was that?!

Get off me, dawg.

Now I ain't with that gay sh*t,

but if you f*** with me

I'll give your ass

more than you can handle.

Have you runnin' to

your crackhead-ass mama.

My nigga!

- F*** y'all niggas!

- What'd you say?!

Huh?

Say that sh*t again dog,

I swear.

Whatever, man.

A'ight, you better stay your ass right

there if you know what's good for you.

Yo, why your jeans so tight?

Yo, Pizzo, you see

these nigga's jeans be?

You see that sh*t?

Nigga nuts must be chokin'

in those!

- Real talk!

- A'ight, night Little.

See your ass later.

You was waitin' for me?

Well, nice to see you too.

What you doing out here, man?

What you doing out here?

This is my smoker habitat,

nigga.

Oh what, you smoke out here too?

Something like that...

Nah, you don't smoke.

Why you pretending?

Trying to put on a show

for me, Black?

Why you always calling me that?

- What, Black?

- Yeah, Black.

That's my nickname for you.

You don't like it?

No, it's just... what kind of dude goes

around giving other dudes nicknames?

The kind of dude

what just sat down

and is about to put you

onto this blunt, nigga.

Yeah.

You like the water?

I can introduce you

to some "fiyah."

Come on, nigga.

It ain't gonna bite you.

Damn, I didn't know

you smoked like that.

My mom leaves

all types of sh*t around.

That breeze

feel good as hell man.

Yeah, it do.

Sometimes round the way, where we live...

you can catch that same breeze.

It just come through the hood and it's

like everything stop for a second...

'cause everyone

just wanna feel it.

Everything just gets quiet,

you know?

And it's like all you can hear

is your own heartbeat.

Right?

Yeah...

Feel so good, man.

So good...

Hell, sh*t make you wanna cry,

feel so good.

You cry?

Nah.

Makes me want to.

What you cry about?

Sh*t, I cry so much sometimes I feel

like I'm gon' just turn into drops.

Think you can roll out

into the water, right?

Roll out into the water like

all these other motherfuckers

around here

trying to drown they sorrows.

Why you say that?

I'm just listening to you,

nigga.

Sound like something

you wanna do.

I wanna do a lot of things

that don't make sense.

I didn't say

it don't make sense.

But tell me, like-like what?

Like what "lot of things"?

Damn dog...

you nosey.

Chiron cursing now, huh?

You trying to get smart with me?

- Whatever, man.

Nah, you trying to get smart

with me, huh Chiron?

Yeah, you trying to get smart

with me, huh.

I'm sorry...

What you gotta be sorry for?

You ain't never done nothing

like that before, huh?

Thanks for the ride, man.

No problem, Black.

I'll see you around.

Yeah...

see you around.

Come here, baby.

Come here.

You don't love me no more...

Hmm?

You don't love me no more...

You're my only.

I'm your only.

You're my only...

- Yo, what's up, Kev?

- Terrel, what's up man?

Hey, you know a nigga

don't see school no more.

No, I hear you, man.

Lunch used to be the sh*t,

though.

Nah, the food wasn't never good.

Man, I ain't talkin'

'bout the food.

But that Friday pizza

was the sh*t.

Yeah, I feel you.

Nah, but you remember in middle

school, that game we used to play?

"knock down/stay down"?

Yeah yo, my crazy ass

was the king of that sh*t.

Yeah I remember. Yo!

You remember that white kid

you f***ed up?

Cuban cat, right?

Mauricio or something?

Oh yeah! Yo, you f***ed

that kid's face up!

We was calling you Tyson

after that sh*t.

Yeah.

Yo, but, uh... niggas don't

do that sh*t no more.

I mean... you know...

What you sayin'?

I'm sayin' is, if I point a nigga out...

is you gonna knock his ass down?

That's the game, ain't it?

You dare me to swing on him

and if I do, it's on you.

A'ight.

A'ight Kev.

Let me see who ass

gettin' dropped today.

Don't be drinking

none of this gummy juice.

Sh*t'll kill you.

Yo, Kev.

Hit that nigga.

Hit that nigga, Kev.

Yeah, hit his f*ggot ass!

The f*** you waitin' on?

Do it! Come on.

Let's go.

How you like that, Chiron?

Yo, I think he want another.

Another one. Do it.

Give it to him.

Don't you get up, bruh.

You stay down!

Yeah if he get back up,

knock his f*ggot ass back down.

- Chiron, stay down!

- He got up.

Come on, man.

Stay down.

Do it again.

Do it! Do it!

Listen, son...

If you don't press charges...

I can't stop this from happening.

Understand?

You don't even know.

- Oh I don't?

- Nu-uh.

You think all this

just started, boy?

- I ain't no boy.

- The hell you ain't.

If you were a man there'd be four other

knuckleheads sittin' right next to you.

You don't even know.

Listen, son, listen.

Listen.

I'm not blaming you...

I'm not.

I know it's hard.

Believe me.

I'm not trying to disrespect

your struggle.

I just need you to know...

All right, all right.

Stay focused.

Hey... Hey, Chiron!

Get the f*** off me, niggas!

Get the f*** off me!

Don't look at me!

- Hello, homie?

- Yo, what's good with you, B?

Vibing, vibing?

- What's that?

- You vibin'?

- I'm trying to.

- Trying to?

So where the hos at?

Nigga, you smiling and sh*t like you don't

know what the f*** I'm talking about.

Where the hos at, nigga?

I don't know.

You tell me.

There's this b*tch that stay

down the corner.

What's her name?

- Afrodesia.

- You making that up.

I don't believe you.

I ain't never seen you with

no b*tch, I don't believe you.

- Her name Afrodesia.

- Her name Afrodesia? Where she at?

- She only come out at night.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

You short, Travis.

- Wait, what?

- Where the rest of the roll?

It's all there.

I mean you might think I tripping, when

I handed it to you it was all there.

It's a'ight.

If it's all there

then count that sh*t then, Trav.

Count it.

If it's all there.

Move, you're in my spot.

Move.

Give me my f***ing money.

You sayin' I'm a liar?

All right.

I ain't say that.

I told you to count what's off

and you said it wasn't.

That's you calling me a liar.

Nah, all I did was tell you that...

You-you did what?

I'm just f***ing with you.

Huh?

Count good.

Did real good.

Here.

Can't be on the corner

if you can't take a nigga

just f***in' with you,

you feel me?

Yeah.

Chiron, this your mama.

I know it's late but... I figured you

ain't never been one much for sleep.

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Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. He is known for his films Medicine for Melancholy (2008) and Moonlight (2016), the latter of which received dozens of accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture as well as Best Adapted Screenplay, which Jenkins shared with co-writer Tarell Alvin McCraney. more…

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