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Slum | Child Abuse
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. Directed by Nadine Labaki. Starring Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shifera in the lead roles.
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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. Directed by Nadine Labaki. Starring Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shifera in the lead roles.
Feature Film Kinospielfilm | 2019 | Christopher
IFFR Audience Award | 2019 | Nadine
Best Feature Film | 2018 | Nadine
USInternational Narrative Feature | 2018 | Nadine
North Sea Port Audience Award | 2018 | Nadine
World Cinema | 2018 | Nadine
Best Film | 2018 | Nadine
Best Foreign Fiction | 2018 | Nadine
Best Cinematography In A Lebanese Motion Picture | 2019 | Christopher
2019 | Zain Al
2019 | Nadine
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year | 2019
Most Valuable Film of the Year | 2019
Best Actor | 2018 | Zain Al
Best Film | 2018 | Nadine
Achievement in Directing | 2018 | Nadine
2018 | Nadine
Jury Prize | 2018 | Nadine
2018 | Nadine
Best Narrative Feature | 2018 | Nadine
2018 | Nadine
Best Young ActorActress | 2018 | Zain Al
Feature | 2018
TVMONDE Award for Best International Film | 2018 | Nadine
Audience Award | 2019 | Nadine
2018 | Nadine
Best Foreign Feature Film rets utenlandske spillefilm | 2019 | Nadine
Critics Award | 2019
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year | 2019
Best Motion Picture Foreign Language | 2019
Best Film Not in the English Language | 2019
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing Sound Effects Foley Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film | 2019
Best NonAmerican Film Bedste ikkeamerikanske film | 2020 | Nadine
Best Foreign Film Melhor Filme Estrangeiro | 2020 | Nadine
Best NonEnglish Language Film rets ikkeengelsksprogede film | 2020 | Nadine
Best Foreign Film Bsta utlndska film | 2020 | Nadine
Best NonEnglish Language Film | 2019 | Nadine
Best Woman Director | 2019 | Nadine
Best Foreign Language Film | 2019 | Nadine
Best Foreign Language Film | 2019
Best Foreign Film Meilleur film tranger | 2019
Foreign Language Film of the Year | 2019
Feature Film Spielfilm | 2019 | Christopher
Best Foreign Film Meilleur film tranger | 2019 | Nadine
Best Foreign Language Film | 2019 | Nadine
Best Foreign Language Film | 2019
Best Foreign Language Film | 2019
Best Foreign Language Film | 2019 | Nadine
Best Lebanese Motion Picture | 2019
Best Lebanese Director Motion Picture | 2019 | Nadine
Best Ensemble Cast In A Lebanese Motion Picture | 2019
Best Writing In A Lebanese Motion Picture | 2019 | Georges
Best Cinematography In A Lebanese Motion Picture | 2019 | Christopher
Best Editing In A Lebanese Motion Picture | 2019 | Laure
Best Soundtrack In A Lebanese Motion Picture | 2019
Best Sound Design In A Lebanese Motion Picture | 2019 | Chadi
Best MakeUp Hair In A Lebanese Motion Picture | 2019
Best Foreign Film | 2019
Best Score of the Year | 2019
Best Feature | 2018 | Nadine
Best Film | 2018 | Nadine
Best Performance by an Actor | 2018 | Zain Al
Best International Independent Film | 2018 | Michel
2018 | Christopher
Best Foreign Language Film | 2017
Best Foreign Language Film | 2018
Best Foreign Language Film | 2018
City of Donostia Audience Award | 2018 | Nadine
Best Foreign Language Film | 2018
Best Film | 2018 | Nadine
Best Foreign Language Film | 2018
Best Foreign Film by or About Women | 2018
Budget 4,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 64,978,931 USD
All actors in Capernaum are people whose real life resembles that of the film. Thus, Zain's real life is similar (to some extent) to that of his character, as was Rahil, who was undocumented. For the character of Zain's mother, Nadine Labaki was inspired by a woman she met, who has 16 children and lives in the same conditions as those of Capernaum. Six of her children have died and others are in orphanages for lack of care. The one who plays the role of Kawthar really fed her children with sugar and ice cubes.
The boy who stars as Zain is actually a Syrian refugee. Zain Al Rafeea had lived in Lebanon for eight years and was 12 years old during production. His character is named for him.
During filming, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees applied for resettlement on behalf of lead actor Zain Al Rafeea and his family, who all had been sleeping on the floor in one room. They were subsequently relocated to a two-story house in Norway, where Zain is learning to read and write.
The title, Capernaum, can mean 'chaos' in Arabic. It is derived from a biblical town that was condemned by Jesus as one of the three cities that refused to repent for its sins even after Jesus performed miracles of healing there.
Capharnaüm is a fiction of which all the elements are things that Nadine Labaki has really seen and experienced during her research in the field. Nothing is fantasized or imagined, on the contrary, all that we see there is the result of her visits to deprived neighborhoods, detention centers and juvenile prisons, where she went alone.
"Zain: I want to make a complaint against my parents. I'd want adults to listen to me. I want adults who can't raise kids not to have any. What will I remember? Violence, insults or beatings, hit with chains, pipes, or a belt? The kindest words I heard were get out son of a whore! Bug off, piece of garbage! Life is a pile of shit. Not worth more than my shoe. I live in hell here. I burn like rotting meat. Life is a bitch.I thought we'd become good people, loved by all. But God doesn't want that for us. He'd rather we be washrags for others. The child you're carrying will be like I am."
"Zain: Your words pierce my heart. I no longer want to see you. You're heartless."
