![]() ![]() Jenkins's elegantly sculpted screenplay layers a story of outrageous social injustice interwoven with a tone poem of sincere devotion.įonny's wrongful imprisonment is the film's jumping off point. ![]() It is infused with a genuine and beautiful love, as well as a plain-spoken, quietly seething frustration of a rigged and broken justice system. "Beale Street" is an evocative, sublime and lyrical poem brought to life. ![]() Regina King, Colman Domingo and Teyonah Parris also star. But their life together is upended when Fonny is falsely accused of rape, leaving a pregnant Tish to prove his innocence. In short: Set in Harlem of the early 1970s, young Tish ( KiKi Layne) and Fonny ( Stephan James) fall in love. 25) is not merely a love story - it’s a story of acts of love. Filmmaker Barry Jenkins's (“Moonlight”) romantic drama " If Beale Street Could Talk" (opening in theaters nationwide Dec. ![]()
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