Capernaum / producer, Michel Merkt ; produced by Khaled Mouzanar ; directed by Nadine Labaki ; Mooz Films.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Labaki, Nadine, 1974- director.

Merkt, Michel, 1972- producer.

Mouzanar, Khaled, producer.

Mooz Films, presenter.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

Arabic

Subjects (All):

Street children--Lebanon--Drama.

Street children.

Abused children--Lebanon--Drama.

Abused children.

Abusive parents--Lebanon--Drama.

Abusive parents.

Child abuse--Law and legislation--Drama.

Child abuse.

Immigrants--Lebanon--Drama.

Immigrants.

Genre:

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 minutes)

Other Title:

Capharnaüm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2018.

Language Note:

In Arabic, with English subtitles.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, CAPERNAUM ("Chaos"), a new film by Nadine Labaki about the journey of a clever, gutsy 12-year-old boy, Zain, who survives the dangers of the city streets by his wits. He flees his parents and to assert his rights, takes them to court suing them 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. CAPERNAUM was made with a cast of non-professionals playing characters whose lives closely parallel their own. Following her script, Labaki placed her performers in scenes and asked them to react spontaneously with their own words and gestures. When the non-actors's instincts diverged from the written script, Labaki adapted the screenplay to follow them. While steeped in the quiet routines of ordinary people, CAPERNAUM is a film with an expansive palette: without warning it can ignite with emotional intensity, surprise with unexpected tenderness, and inspire with flashes of poetic imagery.Although it is set in the depths of a society's systematic inhumanity, CAPERNAUM is ultimately a hopeful film that stirs the heart as deeply as it cries out for action.

Participant:

Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shifera, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Yousef, Cedra Izzam, Alaa Chouchnieh, Elias Khoury.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed October 08, 2019).

Nominated 2019 Academy Awards, USA, Oscar, Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Nominated 2019 Golden Globes, USA, Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language

Nominated 2019 BAFTA Awards, Best Film Not in the English Language

Won 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Jury Prize

Won 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Prix de la citoyenneté

Won 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Nominated 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or

OCLC:

1126678154