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Capernaum(Movie, 2018)

Original title: "کفرناحوم" (Arabic/AR)
FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 6min | Genre: Drama
CapernaumRating: 4.1/5 (with 716716 votes)
Capernaum (Arabic: كفرناحوم‎, romanized: Cafarnaüm) is a 2018 Lebanese drama film directed by Nadine Labaki and produced by Khaled Mouzanar. The screenplay was written by Labaki, Jihad Hojaily and Michelle Keserwany from a story by Labaki, Hojaily, Keserwany, Georges Khabbaz and Khaled Mouzanar. The film stars Syrian refugee child actor Zain Al Rafeea as Zain El Hajj, a 12-year-old living in the slums of Beirut. Capernaum is told in flashback format, focusing on Zain's life, including his encounter with an Ethiopian immigrant Rahil and her infant son Yonas, and leading up to his attempt to sue his parents for child neglect. The film debuted at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or, and won the Jury Prize. Capernaum received a 15-minute standing ovation following its premiere at Cannes on 17 May 2018. Sony Pictures Classics, which had previously distributed Labaki's Where Do We Go Now?, bought North American and Latin American distribution rights for the film, while Wild Bunch retained the international rights. It received a wider release on ... ()
Movie poster of Capernaum

Where to watch Capernaum (cinema/streaming/download)?

"Capernaum" is currently available on 3 providers. Capernaum can be streamed free of charge on VIDEOBUSTER.de (as part of a subscription), can be rented on Amazon Instant Video, Apple / iTunes Store and VIDEOBUSTER.de (SD/HD/4K) and Capernaum can also be purchased at Amazon Instant Video, Apple / iTunes Store and VIDEOBUSTER.de (as download from the website or as Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Available languages: German, Arabic
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 2h 6min
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Duration: 2h 6min
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Amazon Instant Video
Available languages: German, Arabic
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 2h 6min
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Apple / iTunes Store
Duration: 2h 6min
Free/Ads
Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Capernaum

Iffr Audience Award Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film

About Capernaum

Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

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Trailer for Capernaum + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Additional Information

Production countries: Cyprus, France, United Kingdom (UK), Lebanon, Qatar
Plays in: Lebanon
Original language: Arabic (AR)
Spoken languages: Amharic (AM), Arabic (AR)
Translated into 31 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/17/2019 (World premiere: 09/20/2018)
Cast: Nadine Labaki, Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw
Director: Nadine Labaki
Screenwriter: Nadine Labaki, Michelle Keserwany
Director of Photography: Christopher Aoun
Composer: Khaled Mouzanar
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Cafarnaúm"
"Cafarnaum"
"迦百农"
"Kapernaum"
"Capharnaüm"
"Kafarnaum"
"כפר נחום"
"Cafarnao - Caos e miracoli"
"Cafarnaúm"
"가버나움"
"كفرناحوم"
"Kapernauma"
"Capharnaüm"
"Kapernaum"
"Kafarnaum"
"Cafarnaum"
"Капернаум"
"Kapernaum"
"Capharnaüm"
"Capharnaum"
"Chaos"
Budget: 4,000,000 USD
Revenue: 64,978,931 USD (= 1,624%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:284264, Added: 10/06/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024