Why did Kevin go to jail in Moonlight?

The following day, Chiron reaches his breaking point and eventually gets his revenge on Terell by smashing him over the head with a chair, which in turn gets him arrested for assault and sent to juvenile hall. As the police take him away, he glares at Kevin for his betrayal.

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Who was Juan to Chiron?

Juan (played by Mahershala Ali, who would win the first of his two Best Supporting Actor Oscars for the role) is a drug dealer whose softer, nurturing side is drawn out by Chiron, known as Little here. How old was Juan in Moonlight? sixteen-year-old In other words, Juan is now the boy's pale paternal figure, while Paula, Chiron's neglectful mother, is Juan's 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.

One may also ask what juan tells chiron?

Juan is telling Chiron about growing up in Cuba, and references a time when a woman told him that she would call him "Blue," for the reason that black boys' skin appears blue in the moonlight. Moreover, what did the mom scream in moonlight? We find out later that she is yelling "don't look at me". This confirms Paula's anxiety over being looked at, judged, and criticized. It also proves that Paula is more conscious of her harmful actions than we think she is.

Does Chiron become a drug dealer?

In the first part, young Chiron is found by Juan and Teresa who provide him with a place to sleep and eat. Despite his profession as a drug dealer, Juan provides emotional support for Chiron ? something his mother couldn't do enough. What happened to Blue on Moonlight? Throughout the rest of the film, it is only explained through dialogue that Juan has died. The audience is left to assume that Juan has been crucified by the inevitable, doomed life of any long time drug-dealer. Either way, Juan had gone much too soon in Chiron's story.