Showing posts with label Netherlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Netherlands. Show all posts

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Moonlight

The day Claire (Laurien Van den Broeck) hits puberty is also the day she finds a young middle eastern boy (Hunter Bussemaker) in a pool of blood in her backyard. As she slowly nurses him back to health, she finds herself a tad attracted to the silent lad. Not having a common language, gestures make up for the silence. The boy is a drug mule and his scent is soon picked up by his dealers causing him and Claire to make a run for it.

The film alternates between riveting and disturbing as it winds way down on a unremarkable path. The only remarkable feature being the mature acting from the young leads and it is a wonder that they came out psychologically unscathed from it.

Rating: * +