Capernaum

Capernaum

It takes courage to hope.

2018 • 126 min • Drama

Our family guide

Best from age 14
91
Movie Knight Score
2012 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
  • 82 Audience · 2010 · 49%

Mvulana mwenye umri wa miaka 12 huko Beirut anawashtaki wazazi wake kwa uzembe, akisimulia hadithi yake kutoka kituo cha kurekebisha tabia cha watoto. Filamu inaeleza maisha yake magumu mitaani, ikiwemo uhusiano wake na mhamiaji haramu na mtoto wake, na mapambano yake ya kuishi katika ulimwengu usio na msaada wowote.

Violence & peril
6/10
Language
3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
3/10
Romance & sensuality
1/10
Scary moments
6/10

Heads up

  • Watoto wanavumilia shida na uzembe mkubwa.
  • Inaonyesha hali halisi ngumu ya umaskini na kuishi.
  • Ina matukio yenye hisia kali na ya kusikitisha.
  • Mvulana mdogo anaonyeshwa akivuta sigara.

What it models well

  • Uvumilivu katika shida
  • Huruma kwa wengine
  • Haki na haki za binadamu

Talk about it after

  • Changamoto zinazokabili watoto wanaoishi katika umaskini na mazingira yasiyo imara.
  • Majukumu ya wazazi kwa watoto wao.
  • Umuhimu wa haki za kisheria na utetezi, hasa kwa walio hatarini.
  • Suala la kimataifa la ukosefu wa utaifa na watu wasio na nyaraka.

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Top billed cast

Director: Nadine Labaki • Crew: Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Georges Khabbaz, Michelle Keserwany, Khaled Mouzanar

Trailers & clips

Capernaum - On DVD, Blu-ray & Digital - 29 July

CAPERNAUM: Audience Reactions

Inside Picturehouse Special

CAPERNAUM With Joana Vicente

How director Nadine Labaki cast CAPERNAUM’s young lead | TIFF 2019

Q&A with CAPERNAUM Filmmaker Nadine Labaki

Official UK Trailer

Official US Trailer 2

Reviewer notes

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RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

**_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.…

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Details

TMDB audience
8.2/10 (2,010)
Status
Released
Budget
$4,000,000
Box office
$64,978,931

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