Synopsis
Zain, a Lebanese boy, sues his parents for the “crime” of giving him life. The film follows Zain as he journeys from gutsy, streetwise child to hardened 12-year-old “adult” fleeing his negligent parents, surviving through his wits on the streets. When he meets the Ethiopian migrant worker Rahil, she provides him with shelter and food, as Zein takes care of her baby son Yonas in return. But one day Rahil doesn’t come back home.
Original Title |
CAPHARNAÜM |
Italian Title |
CAFARNAO - CAOS E MIRACOLI |
Category |
Out of competition |
Section |
Giffoni50 Review |
Tipology |
Feature Film |
Duration |
123' |
Production Year |
2018 |
Nationality |
France, Lebanon, USA |
Directed by |
Nadine Labaki |
Screenplay |
Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwany, Georges Khabbaz, Khaled Mouzanar |
Director of photography |
Christopher Aoun |
Editor |
Konstantin Bock, Laure Gardette |
Production Design |
Hussein Baydoun |
Sound |
Chadi Rook |
Music |
Khaled Mouzanar |
Main cast |
Zain Alrafeea
Yordanos Shifera
Boluwatife Treasure Bankole
Kawsar Al Haddad
Fadi Youssef
Haita ‘Cedra’ Izzam
Nadine Labaki |
Produced by |
Michel Merkt, Khaled Mouzanar |
NADINE LABAKI After graduating in audiovisual studies from the University of Beirut, she directed adverts and music videos. In 2004, she embarked on a Festival de Cannes Cinéfondation Residency to write and develop CARAMEL, her first feature film, shot two years later and showcased at the Directors' Fortnight in 2007. This joyous, rebellious ode to female camaraderie was distributed worldwide and became the most successful Lebanese film export of all time. Nadine Labaki continued to explore the female condition and religious tensions in WHERE DO WE GO NOW?, a bold, universal fable on tolerance that premiered at Un Certain Regard in 2011. In 2018, Nadine Labaki was in competition at Festival de Cannes with her powerfully moving CAPERNAUM, and won the Jury Prize. Nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, CAPERNAUM made its Lebanese director the first woman from the Arabic-speaking world to be nominated in this category. In 2020 she directed an episode of the TV series HOMEMADE.
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