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Moonlight
Romance, Thriller - 2002
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Claire lives with her wealthy adopted parents in a luxurious and isolated house in the woods. She discovers a wounded and bleeding boy her age in her family's garden shed. The boy is a young drug courier from Afghanistan; shot and wounded after serving his purpose as human packing material. Claire decides to keep the boy a secret. He slowly recovers under her care; and they fall in love. When the drug dealers return and Claire's family is due to move back to the city; they decide to flee; though Claire finds it difficult to outrun her past as an abandoned child.

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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
91 min
Release date:
27 Sep 2002
Country:
DE, NL, GB, LU
Languages:
English, French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Not only is the candid (but never prurient) treatment of early-teen sexuality and drug use too hot to handle, but the narrative blend of fairy-tale wonder and nightmare logic feels sui generis.
– Joshua Land,
Village Voice,
15 Aug 2006
fresh:
In this English-language Dutch thriller, a 13-year-old girl and a young Afghan drug courier fall in love while fleeing his employers.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
17 Aug 2006
rotten:
A wild dream that spins into a nightmare, Moonlight isn't quite as provocative as it aims to be.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug 2006
fresh:
Moonlight is a disturbing and daring thriller with an exceptional performance by 13-year-old Laurien Van den Broeck.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
18 Aug 2006
rotten:
There's an air of prefab provocation about the whole thing, and viewers should know that the director has a penchant for squirm-inducing images, not all of them strictly necessary.
– Peter Hartlaub,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Sep 2006
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