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Critic Ian Freer
rated 8

...a picaresque journey through Beirut streets, shot through with harsh realities and touching tenderness.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Robbie Collin
rated 10

...a crazily ambitious, heart-in-mouth neorealist version of Baby’s Day Out

Read full review at The Telegraph
Critic Simran Hans
rated 8

Rafeea, a non-professional actor and Syrian refugee, is the film’s secret weapon (...) his strange, fascinating, eerily adult face offers a litany of minute expressions.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Michael Ordona
rated 8

Newcomer Al Rafeea is superb as Zain; Yordanos Shiferaw is sympathetic as an undocumented immigrant who befriends him.
Co-writer (and well-known Lebanese actress) Nadine Labaki's direction is extremely effective.

Read full review at Common Sense Media
Critic Fredrik Sahlin
rated 8

Nadine Labaki piskar inte upp någon indignation, tar inte tårvägen till vår empati. Berättar rakt upp och ner. Litar på sitt material. Sånt imponerar.

Read full review at Svt Kulturnyheterna
Critic David Lindahl
rated 8

Med fantastiskt barnskådespel berättar ”Kapernaum” en berörande historia om förlorad barndom.

Read full review at Filmtopp
Critic Freja Dam
rated 7

Zain Al Rafeea er et mirakel som Zain, og hans præstation skriver sig ind i filmhistorien som en af de mest mindeværdige barneskuespillerpræstationer nogensinde...

Read full review at Soundvenue
Critic Kerstin Gezelius
rated 8

Det är imponerande att komma så nära och berätta en så pass uttänkt historia med bara amatörer, med ett spädbarn i en av huvudrollerna och en tolvårig gatpojke som inte kunde skriva sitt eget namn i den andra.

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter

Cast & Crew

Nadine Labaki
As Nadine
Nadine Labaki
Director
Elias Khoury
As The Judge
Alaa Chouchnieh
As Aspro

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In a poverty-stricken neighborhood of Beirut, 12-year-old Zain El Hajj struggles to survive the harsh realities of life on the streets. When his parents sell his younger sister to a much older man, Zain reaches his breaking point and decides to take matters into his own hands. With the help of an undocumented Ethiopian woman named Rahil, Zain embarks on a journey to find justice and reclaim his rights as a human being. Along the way, he faces numerous challenges and learns hard lessons about the adult world he's been thrust into. Through it all, Zain's resilience and determination never waver as he fights for a better future for himself and those like him. With powerful performances from its non-professional cast, "Capernaum" is a heart-wrenching drama that shines a light on the invisible children living on the fringes of society.

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