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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 Chiron is a shy, withdrawn child largely due to his small size and being neglected by his mother, who is more concerned about getting her fixes and satisfying her carnal needs than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 doesnt 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 Juans caring girlfriend Teresa, whose home acts as a sanctuary away from the bullies and away from Paulas abuse. With this childhood as a foundation, Chiron may have a predetermined path in life, one that will only be magnified in terms of its problems when he reaches his difficult teen years when peer pressure affects what he and many of his peers do, unless he follows Juans advice of truly making his own decisions for himself.
Labelled as "soft" for the way he walks, the sensitive nine-year-old boy, Chiron, or Little, is an easy target in 1980s Miami. Running away from bullies nearly all his life, the intimidated boy finds refuge in a derelict crack-den, where Juan, the expendable drug dealer, takes him under his wing. However, in a world where everything can change at the sight of a knife or a gun, Chiron is doomed to live a predestined life, caught in a vicious cycle of antitheses. In other words, Juan is now the boys pale paternal figure, while Paula, Chirons neglectful mother, is Juans best customer. But, violence begets violence, and as Little grows into an introverted sixteen-year-old teenager who struggles with his identity, only a tough facade can shield him against the world. After all these years, three periods define a vulnerable young adult Chiron who, above all, is still struggling with complex pent-up emotions. Will Little finally discover himself in his desperate journey to evolution?
Mahershala Ali
Juan
Naomie Harris
Paula
Trevante Rhodes
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Alex R. Hibbert
Little
Shariff Earp
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Duan Sanderson
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Janelle Monáe
Teresa
Jaden Piner
Kevin age 9
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Portable Boy 3
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Ashton Sanders
Chiron
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Terrel
Herveline Moncion
Samantha
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Kevin age 16
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