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Moonlight

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Claire, a Dutch girl, discovers a wounded boy hiding in the garden shed behind her adoptive parents' luxurious home. The boy is a narcotics courier from Afghanistan, who was left for dead after being shot by drug dealers once his services were no longer needed. Claire nurses the boy back to health and develops deep feelings for him as their relationship grows. The drug dealers discover the boy is still alive, prompting Claire to leave her family and run away with the boy she now loves.

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Peter Hartlaub San Francisco Chronicle 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. Rated: 2/4 Sep 29, 2006 Full Review V.A. Musetto New York Post Moonlight is a disturbing and daring thriller with an exceptional performance by 13-year-old Laurien Van den Broeck. Rated: 3/4 Aug 18, 2006 Full Review Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News A wild dream that spins into a nightmare, Moonlight isn't quite as provocative as it aims to be. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 18, 2006 Full Review Ken Fox TV Guide A pretty daring -- and disconcerting -- depiction of adolescent sexuality. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 18, 2006 Full Review Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com The situation compels you to keep watching, only to be disappointed when you realize the story's not going anywhere. Rated: C+ May 23, 2006 Full Review Marc Mohan Oregonian Van der Oest possesses a sure visual sense, and the lead performances are confident and promising, considering the actors' relative inexperience. Rated: B- May 19, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Good narrative, good thriller. The story was so dark. The kid actress & actor were excellent. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member the first deutsch movie i've ever seen. i thought this movie was... 'a little bit' wonderful, and i liked it. see this, if you interesting to it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member the first deutsch movie i've ever seen. i thought this movie was... 'a little bit' wonderful, and i liked it. see this, if you interesting to it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member This was just an unbelievable and downright dumb movie. The nice cinematography never had a chance of redeeming itself. The character motivations were erratically misplaced, the antagonist was an intelligent appearing psychopathic idiot, the girl was humiliated and made to look stupid, every scene was unoriginal, and the music was so poor that right off the bat I wondered if in fact I'd put in a lousy movie (I sort of did) . The girl gave a fine performance, but I feel really sorry that she had to act in this. Basically it was a 2002 pre-bi misfit girl running around the woods/city with an uneducated Afghan boy who were both taking coke as a pick-me-up. At the same time evading a persistent and dumb lucky suited lowlife who needed to kill them to retrieve the rest of his coke. This was not an insightful look at drug-runners, nor a study of the pre-teen psyche. It was not a thrilling piece, nor a sexual deliberation. It did have (cliched) bits of everything, but like other such movies, it just wasn't that good. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a great film though different kind of film where you don't see this type everyday. It was an interesting wondering how a young school girl keep up looking after this Afghan boy carrying drugs when other things happen offguard. Acting was very good also music was well composed, ending was unpredictable and blew my mind. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Paula van der Oest

Director

Laurien Van den Broeck

Claire

Hunter Bussemaker

Boy

Andrew Howard

Curt

Johan Leysen

Father

Jemma Redgrave

Mother

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Hunter Bussemaker as the Boy Laurien Van den Broeck as Claire Director: Paula Van der Oest Laurien Van den Broeck & Hunter Bussemaker Laurien Van den Broeck as Claire. Director Paula Van der Oest & Producer Jean Claude Schlim Hunter Bussemaker & Laurien Van den Broeck Hunter Bussemaker and Laurien Van den Broeck View more photos

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Synopsis Claire, a Dutch girl, discovers a wounded boy hiding in the garden shed behind her adoptive parents' luxurious home. The boy is a narcotics courier from Afghanistan, who was left for dead after being shot by drug dealers once his services were no longer needed. Claire nurses the boy back to health and develops deep feelings for him as their relationship grows. The drug dealers discover the boy is still alive, prompting Claire to leave her family and run away with the boy she now loves.
Director
Paula van der Oest
Producer
Michael Cowan, Jason Piette, Emjay Rechsteiner
Screenwriter
Carel Donck
Production Co
Delux Productions
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
May 19, 2006
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 13, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$51.2K
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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