Capharnaüm

20182018
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2h 6min

Capharnaüm (2018)

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While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.

Director
- Nadine Labaki
Writers
- Nadine Labaki(screenplay)
- Jihad Hojeily(screenplay)
- Michelle Keserwany(screenplay)
Stars

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Top rated movie #78

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 35 wins & 52 nominations total

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Zain Al Rafeea in Capharnaüm (2018)

Zain Al Rafeea in Capharnaüm (2018)

Zain Al Rafeea in Capharnaüm (2018)

Zain Al Rafeea in Capharnaüm (2018)

Capharnaüm (2018)

Director
- Nadine Labaki
Writers
- Nadine Labaki(screenplay)
- Jihad Hojeily(screenplay)
- Michelle Keserwany(screenplay)
All cast & crew

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Capernaüm ("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 Zain takes care of her baby son Yonas in return. Zain later gets jailed for committing a violent crime, and finally seeks justice in a courtroom.

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Taglines
- "Why are you suing your parents?" "For giving me life."
Genre
- Drama
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language and some drug material
Parents guide

Trivia
The boy who stars as Zain is actually a Syrian refugee. Zain Al Rafeea had lived in Lebanon for eight years and was 12 years old during production. His character is named for him.

Goofs
At about 1hr 32mins, Zain ties Yonas's leg to the shoe stand to prevent him from following or wandering into busy traffic, but he tied the right leg in the initial scene and then after a cut back to that scene seconds later he is now tied by his left leg.

Quotes
Zain: I want to make a complaint against my parents. I'd want adults to listen to me. I want adults who can't raise kids not to have any. What will I remember? Violence, insults or beatings, hit with chains, pipes, or a belt? The kindest words I heard were get out son of a whore! Bug off, piece of garbage! Life is a pile of shit. Not worth more than my shoe. I live in hell here. I burn like rotting meat. Life is a bitch.I thought we'd become good people, loved by all. But God doesn't want that for us. He'd rather we be washrags for others. The child you're carrying will be like I am.

Connections
Featured in The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2019 (2019)

Top review

10/10

Carefully handcrafted movie with deeply touching story!

Labaki excels in creating a masterpiece that should harvest as many awards as it can, and hopefully the Oscar. It is a heart breaking story with amazing protagonists performance. No one can expects an amazing acting coming from a child and a toddler of such ages! Will Zein be nominated for an Oscar? No one can deny that he deserves it. Labaki directed a marvelous film revealing a great pure talent.

Seeing this many fake reviews here with 1 star rating reveals that these "reviewers" are manipulating the overall rating of the movie with an unfair score. Anyone who actually watched the movie will give it an above than average rating no matter his taste.

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Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $1,661,096
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $24,988
- Dec 16, 2018
Gross worldwide
- $64,417,003

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Runtime
- 2h 6min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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