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Capernaum
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.
2018 · Directed by Nadine Labaki · 126 min · Drama · 31 frames
Tagline
It takes courage to hope.
Crew
- Written by: Nadine Labaki, Georges Khabbaz, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwany
- Cinematography: Christopher Aoun
- Edited by: Laure Gardette, Konstantin Bock
- Music: Khaled Mouzanar
- Produced by: Michel Merkt, Khaled Mouzanar
Cast
- Zain Al Rafeea as Zain
- Yordanos Shifera as Rahil
- Boluwatife Treasure Bankole as Yonas
- Kawsar Al Haddad as Souad
- Fadi Kamel Yousef as Selim
- Cedra Izzam as Sahar
- Alaa Chouchnieh as Aspro
- Elias Khoury as The Judge
- Nadine Labaki as Nadine
- Nour el Husseini as Assaad
Production
- Country: France, Lebanon, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: Amharic, Arabic
- Studios: Boo Pictures, Mooz Films, Les Films des Tournelles, Open City Films
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $64,978,931
- Themes: child abuse, slum, refugee, neglect, child bride, lawsuit, undocumented immigrant, poverty, life in the slums, slum dwellers
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