LUCE – Review by Carla Renata
The truth does indeed have many faces when it comes to Luce.
Luce (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.) has the face of a young teen who easily excels in everything he touches. He’s a star student, athlete and son. His parents, life and sheer existence appear to be perfection. Or, is it a mask for what lurks underneath the core surface of his psyche, a child soldier from a war torn country trying to assimilate in a world that will always have difficulties in accepting him for who he truly is.
Based on a play by J.C. Lee, Luce will disturb its audience well after the credits have rolled. There are so many issues being played out in the form of social acceptance and pressure, racism, entitlement and what face the truth takes. At the end of the day, we really are left with the question of what kind of pressure one encounters simply being human navigating in this world that moves at warp speed.
