It might be one of the leading Oscar contenders, but Indian audiences won't be seeing the full version of Moonlight. <\/p>\n
Barry Jenkins's critically acclaimed coming-of-age drama follows three periods in the life of Chiron, a young, black, queer man growing up poor in Miami, and his journey has been heavily cut in India. <\/p>\n
A document posted to Reddit shows that all swearing is out, with every instance of \"bitch\", \"bitches\", \"motherf**ker\" and \"dick\" muted, and two sex scenes have been cut entirely, including kissing between two men. <\/p>\n
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The cuts total 53 seconds, but two minutes and 20 seconds of anti-smoking disclaimers have been added, with one appearing at the beginning and one in the middle of the movie, plus a \"static message with scroll wherever smoking scene appears\". <\/p>\n
When we saw the full version of Moonlight, we described it as a \"moving and visually beautiful film that speaks not only to gay or black audiences but to all of us\". <\/p>\n
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But will it be walking away with any awards at the Oscars on Sunday (February 26)? <\/p>\n
Moonlight received eight nominations, including Best Picture, but was completely shut out at last week's BAFTA Film Awards, despite being nominated in four categories. <\/p>\n
However, last night (February 19) saw it win at the Writers Guild Awards, which makes it a clear favourite to scoop Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars. And Moonlight's Mahershala Ali is widely expected to beat Lion's Dev Patel to Best Supporting Actor, despite Patel's BAFTA win. <\/p>\n
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Find out if Moonlight manages to defy La La Land at the Oscars on Sunday night. Here's how you can watch it live in the UK. <\/p>\n
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