Taglines: “Why are you suing your parents?” “For giving me life.”
Capernaum (“Chaos”) tells the story of Zain (Zain al-Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the “crime” of giving him life. The film follows Zain as he journeys from gutsy, streetwise child to hardened 12-year-old “adult” fleeing his negligent parents, surviving through his wits on the streets, where he meets Ethiopian migrant worker Rahil, who provides him with shelter and food, as Zein takes care of her baby son Yonas in return. Zein later gets Jailed for committing a violent crime, and finally seeks justice in a courtroom.
Capernaum (Arabic: کفرناحوم), also known as Capharnaüm, is a 2018 Lebanese drama film written and directed by Nadine Labaki. It was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize. The film received a 15-minute standing ovation following its premiere at Cannes on 17 May 2018. Sony Pictures Classics, which had previously distributed Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now?, bought North American and Latin American distribution rights for the film, while Wild Bunch retained the international rights.
Capernaum (2018)
Directed by: Nadine Labaki
Starring: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad, Fadi Yousef, Haita ‘Cedra’ Izzam, Alaa Chouchnieh, Nadine Labaki, Elias Khoury, Samira Chalhoub
Screenplay by: Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily
Production Design by: Hussein Baydoun
Cinematography by: Christopher Aoun
Film Editing by: Konstantin Bock, Laure Gardette
Art Direction by: Nizar Nassar
Music by: Khaled Mouzanar
MPAA Rating: R for language and some drug material.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: December 4, 2018 (United States), September 20, 2018 (Lebanon)
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