Capernaum (Blu-ray) R
It takes courage to hope.
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Blu-ray Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.39:1
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 1 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: March 26, 2019
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Sony Screen Classics by Request
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Zain Al Rafeea | |
| Directed by | Nadine Labaki | |
| Composition by | Khaled Mouzanar |
Entertainment Reviews:
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No doubt it is a tongue-in-cheek name, but it is true that Capharnaüm is about many things: corruption and racism, refugees, stolen childhood, the moral weakness of adults and the difficulty in apportioning blame.
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ABC News (Australia)
Rating: 4.5/5 --
Zain, estimated age 12 and serving five years' jail time "because I stabbed a sonofabitch," is suing his neglectful parents for giving birth to him.
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Nobody's Reading This But Me
Rating: 3/4 --
It's essential viewing for the ways in which it illuminates brutally hard lives many of us could otherwise not imagine, and for the craft of its nonprofessional performers.
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Chicago Reader
Capernaum is much more than a reductionist vision about the extreme vulnerability of children in an atmosphere of extreme poverty. [Full Review in Spanish]
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La Jornada
It's a very harrowing portrait... Zain Al Rafeea is amazing.
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FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Rating: 5/5 --
Those expecting misery can rest assured that they will see plenty of it, but director Nadine Labaki manages to also put in moments of beauty and even hope.
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ScreenAnarchy
Labaki's film documents a world largely governed by concentric circles of suffering and exploitation, but in her screenplay and through her eye, there are no villains here ...
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Nashville Scene
Description by OLDIES.com:
Zain, a gutsy streetwise child, flees his negligent parents. He survives on the streets through his wits while taking care of Ethiopian refugee and her baby son. After being arrested and put in jail, Zain finally seeks justice against his parents in court for the crime of giving him life.
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