Capernaum

Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

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  • Cannes: En compétition
  • Courtroom Movies
  • En de Oscar gaat naar...
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Film Fest Gent !
  • Film Fest Gent (home)
  • Golden Globes
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Last chance to see
  • Movie That Matter Film Festival
  • Just released
  • The Oscars
  • The Sooner team's favorites: Sarah
  • World Cinema
  • Childhood

Actors

  • Fadi Yousef
  • Nour El Husseini
  • Yordanos Shiferaw
  • Haita 'Cedra' Izzam
  • Zain Al Rafeea
  • Kawthar Al Haddad
  • Nadine Labaki
  • Boluwatife Treasure Bankole
  • Elias Khoury
  • Alaa Chouchnieh

Director

  • Nadine Labaki

Drama


2h


-12

AR


FR

NL

United States
France
Lebanon
2018
Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.


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