CAPERNAUM

CAPHARNAÜM

By Nadine LABAKI

MONGREL MEDIA INC. - as DISTR

Drama - Completed 2018


Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2018
Competition
Toronto - TIFF 2018
Special Presentations
San Sebastian FF 2018
Perlak
Busan IFF 2018
A Window on Asian Cinema
Stockholm IFF 2018
Stockholm XXVIII Competition Best Script
Rotterdam IFF 2019
Voices
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • LEBANON, FRANCE, USA
    • Languages
    • ARABIC-LEBANESE, AMHARIC
    • Duration
    • 126 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Nadine LABAKI
    • Synopsis
    • Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Nadine Labaki's CAPERNAUM ("Chaos") tells the story of Zain (Zain al Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life. CAPERNAUM follows Zain, a gutsy streetwise child as he flees his negligent parents, survives through his wits on the streets, takes care of Ethiopian refugee Rahil (Yordanos Shiferaw) and her baby son, Yonas (Boluwatife Treasure Bankole), being jailed for a crime, and finally, seeks justice in a courtroom.