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Capernaum (2018)

09/20/2018Drama2h 6m
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It takes courage to hope.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Zain Al Rafeea

    Zain

  2. Cast 1

    Yordanos Shifera

    Rahil

  3. Cast 1

    Boluwatife Treasure Bankole

    Yonas

  4. Cast 1

    Kawsar Al Haddad

    Souad

  5. Cast 1

    Fadi Kamel Yousef

    Selim

  6. Cast 1

    Cedra Izzam

    Sahar

  7. Cast 1

    Alaa Chouchnieh

    Aspro

  8. Elias Khoury

    The Judge

  9. Cast 1

    Nadine Labaki

    Nadine

**_I wouldn't call it entertaining per se, but it's certainly provocative_** >_I saw kids who are so neglected, so abused that there's nothing anymore in their eyes. These children don't laugh, don't cry, and don't play. If you put a toy in front of them, they don't touch it. They are just numb. There's no more childhood in their eyes. After seeing these kids many times, when they started to have a trusting relationship with me, I used to ask them, "are you happy to be alive?" Ninety-nine percent of the kids answered "no". They told me: "I'm not happy to be here." "Why am I here when there'...

Status Released

Original LanguageArabic 

Budget$4,000,000.00

Revenue $64,978,931.00

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