Mentre sconta una condanna a cinque anni per aver commesso un reato violento, un ragazzo di 12 anni fa causa ai suoi genitori per negligenza.Mentre sconta una condanna a cinque anni per aver commesso un reato violento, un ragazzo di 12 anni fa causa ai suoi genitori per negligenza.Mentre sconta una condanna a cinque anni per aver commesso un reato violento, un ragazzo di 12 anni fa causa ai suoi genitori per negligenza.
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- 39 vittorie e 55 candidature totali
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- (as Fadi Kamel Yousef)
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- QuizAll 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.
- Blooperat 4:17, Zain is shown being handcuffed behind his back and taken to court. Arriving in the court house, at 5:22, still handcuffed, he manages to scratch his face which would of course be impossible to do. A few seconds later, the judge asks that the handcuffs be removed, they were therefore definitely meant to be on a few seconds before.
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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.
- Versioni alternativeThe US release was cut by around 3 minutes. The main deletion is the sequence in which Cockroach-Man tries to help Rahil get a permit by pretending to be her new employer.
- ConnessioniFeatured in 2019 Golden Globe Awards (2019)
It is the question asked by Zain, the protagonist of this superb film, who decides to sue his parents for having him. Having endured a lifetime of neglect, abuse and poverty he thinks no, and asks the court to prevent his parents from having anymore children.
That sets the film rolling, the vast majority of which takes place in flashback as we see how Zain ended up in court. Along the way we see the grim reality of life in the slums of Beirut, as Zain eventually decides to run away after his parents sell off his older (11 year old) sister in marriage to their landlord. He ends up living with an undocumented Ethiopian migrant who lives in a shack with her baby, and Zain ends up looking after the child while the mother works. This provides a counterpoint in many ways to the earlier scenes, as the threesome establish something akin to the warm loving home Zain had never known. But yet again, the films forces us to ask - why has this woman had a child? Though employed, she lives in squalor, and as an illegal migrant her child will never be able to get an education, as a local people trafficker trying to persuade her to sell the child reminds her. Is this moral? Does her right to have a child trump that of the child's right for a decent start in life?
The films develops from there, though I cannot reveal anymore without spoiling the final act. Though this isn't really a plot-driven film per se, more a slice-of-life look at Zain and how he deals with the situations life throws at him. This film reminded me very much of 'Salaam Bombay', Mira Nair's 1987 film which deals with street children in Mumbai.
It's a brave film and the only other film I can think of which tackles this issue is Ken Loach's 'Ladybird Ladybird', in which an impoverished woman with a chaotic home-life repeatedly gets pregnant. There I think Loach approached his protagonist from a more sympathetic perspective, seeing her as a victim of an unfair economic system and social forces beyond her control. Though I may be misreading her intention, Nadine Labaki takes this further and asks - is it basically selfish for people in these circumstances to have children?
Personally speaking - should the government (whether in rich or poor countries) be doing more to alleviate poverty? Yes. Is the economic system both within and between states currently too unequal? Yes. If you are stuck in poverty, dealing with poor mental health, drug addiction, illiteracy, malnutrition, slum-living condition - that sucks, and is unfair. But one thing you should not be doing is bringing children into that situation and thereby perpetuating the cycle of misery. Yes, some children rise above their circumstances, but the vast majority don't, and are thereby condemned to a miserable life through no fault of their own. It's the height of selfishness. This is the provocative question Labaki and Zain pose in this engrossing film.
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- Data di uscita
- Paesi di origine
- Siti ufficiali
- Lingue
- Celebre anche come
- Capharnaüm
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Cola, Beirut, Libano(slum)
- Aziende produttrici
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- Budget
- 4.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 1.661.096 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 24.988 USD
- 16 dic 2018
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 64.417.003 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 6 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 2.35 : 1