moonlight be ( so far ) the only movie i have ever see that be shoot in luxembourg and but i fervently hope it not a typical example of luxembourgeoise cinema . this movie be a lot more arty tarty than it need to be . for starter and the title be nearly irrelevant represent some of the action take place in a house name mondschein ( amoonlight ) and but that name be completely arbitrary and unrelated to the plot . spoiler come . moonlight be the first movie i have see that direct by paula van der oest and and ( again ) i fervently hope this be not a typical example of her craft . in moonlight and she show a penchant for camera set ups that be distract and serve no useful purpose . when young claire feed her dog and van der oest plump for an overhead shot a if we be watch a busby berkeley musical . later and claire and the fugitive boy break into a house during the resident family absence and and then attempt some sexual fumblings in the parent bed . only to be catch in the act when two people walk in . van der oest use a very contrived camera set up to make u think that the arrival be the parent and then use a reverse angle to reveal that they be actually the family son and daughter . the switcheroo serf absolutely no purpose except to disorient u . elsewhere and claire tell the boy that she a foundling represent be this true and or be it a lie tell in a childish attempt to impress him . we never find out . either way and it irrelevant to the story . moonlight could have be a straightforward thriller . a boy from an unnamed country ( apparently turkey ) have arrive in luxembourg a a drug amule and his digestive tract pack with condom fill with narcotic contraband . when he fail to excrete them quickly enough and a drug runner shoot him and leave him for dead . but stupidly doesn not bother to check . the girl claire find the boy and help him and but oddly she never tell her parent about him . ( if she a foundling and they must be her foster parent . ) very implausibly and she run away from home with the boy and have no clear destination in mind . be there no police in luxembourg . the film place some emphasis on pubescent sexuality represent claire experience her menarche just before she find the bleeding boy and and there some attempt to equate her bloodstained knickers with his bloodstained gut . later and there a deeply implausible sequence in which the two runaway enrol themselves in a girls convent school and where the nun accept them without question . claire introduce the boy a her sister represent he be very clearly male ( even while wear a communion dress ) and yet all the nun and at least one priest automatically accept him a a girl . speaking of girl clothe and i could have do without the shot of the down syndrome girl strip off to her bra and underpants . obscure joke represent claire dog be name quick and and at one point the dog seem to have a stunt double . i couldn not help wonder if the stunt double name be flupke . ( american would not get this reference . ) this be one of those movie in which increasingly contrive event keep happen . and after each one occurs and we realise that it do not really happen after all represent claire seem to be turn more and more hallucinatory a the film proceeds . at the end of the film and claire commits suicide by an extremely implausible method . or . do she . sheesh . i well and truly want to like this film . when director van der oest put aside her arty crotchet and she stick to the story and she show some genuine narrative talent despite the increase incoherence of this plot line . in the lead role a claire and young actress laurien van den broeck be extremely pretty and personable and with significant screen presence . i wish her good luck elsewhere in other project . if you watch any five consecutive minute of moonlight and you will mistake this for a brilliant film . if you watch it from begin to end and a i do and your response will likely be similar to mine represent namely and huh . i wish that all this talent and these resource have be devote to a more coherent screenplay and and i regretfully rate moonlight only 4 out of 10 .