Capernaum
It takes courage to hope.
2018 • 126 min • Drama
Our family guide
Best from age 14- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 82 Audience · 2010 · 49%
A 12-year-old boy in Beirut sues his parents for neglect, telling his story from a juvenile detention center. The film follows his harsh life on the streets, including his bond with an undocumented immigrant and her baby, and his struggle for survival in a world that offers little help.
- Violence & peril
- 6/10
- Language
- 3/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 6/10
Heads up
- Children endure significant hardship and neglect.
- Depicts harsh realities of poverty and survival.
- Features emotionally intense and upsetting scenes.
- A young boy is shown smoking cigarettes.
What it models well
- Resilience in adversity
- Compassion for others
- Justice and human rights
Talk about it after
- The challenges faced by children living in poverty and unstable environments.
- The responsibilities of parents towards their children.
- The importance of legal rights and advocacy, especially for the vulnerable.
- The global issue of statelessness and undocumented individuals.
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Where to watch
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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
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersThere’s something distinctly Dickensian about the urchin style of life lived by “Zain” (Zain Al-Rafeea) on the modern-day streets of Lebanon. He has to use his wits and guile, his charm and his youth to scrape a living after he ran away from his parents. He did this because they gave his beloved eleven-year-old sister to be married!…
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
- IMDb
- tt8267604
- Official site
- www.capharnaumfilm.com
