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Capernaum

Summary: While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.

Release Date: September 20, 2018

Genre: Drama

Director: Nadine Labaki

Writers: Nadine Labaki

, Jihad Hojeily

, Michelle Keserwany

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: R

Production: Mooz Films, Cedrus Invest Bank, Sunnyland Film, Doha Film Institute, KNM Films, Boo Pictures, Synchronicity Films, The Bridge Production, Louverture Films, Open City Films, Les Films des Tournelles, Clandestino Films, Ministry of Culture, The Bertha Foundation

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Countries: Lebanon, France, Cyprus, Qatar, United Kingdom

Language: Arabic

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,661,096

International: $ 62,755,907

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11 year old 11 year old girl 12 year old 12 year old boy 1st birthday 2010s actor shares first name with character aerial camera shot african woman african woman amusement park amusement park ride anger anguish applying makeup arab family arab family arabian girl arabian girl arabian woman arabic arabic language arrest audio cassette baby baby bottle baby carriage baby pacifier baby trafficking baby trafficking babysitter babysitting balcony bare breasts bath beetroot juice beetroot juice beirut lebanon blowing a kiss blowing out a candle boy boy carries a baby boy carries a baby boy fugitive boy fugitive boy smokes a cigarette boy stabs a man boy stabs a man boy wears underwear bread breast feeding breast milk breast milk pump breast milk pump brother brother relationship brother sister brother sister relationship bus bus driver call in show call to prayer candle candy carrot juice cat cell phone changing a diaper chase chicken child abandonment child abuse child bride child buying child buying child marriage child neglect child prisoner child protagonist child smokes a cigarette child trafficking christian cigarette cigarette smoking circular staircase clapping cleaning a window cleaning lady cockroach cockroach man character cockroach man character coffee coming of age corn on the cob courtroom cousin cousin relationship crying baby crying boy crying man crying woman dancing dancing in a jail cell dancing in a jail cell death of daughter death of girl death of sister derelict house derelict house destroying a tape cassette diapers diapers directed by cast member doctor dog doorman drawing of a ship drawing of a ship drug dealer drug use drumming drumming on a pot drumming on a pot drumming on a steel barrel drumming on a steel barrel eating ethiopian ethiopian ethiopian customs ethiopian customs ethiopian orthodox christianity ethiopian orthodox christianity ethiopian woman ethiopian woman eviction notice f rated f word fake beauty mark fake beauty mark fake identification falafel falling to the ground family relationships father daughter relationship father son relationship feeding a baby female lawyer female nudity female reporter ferris wheel first menstruation flash forward flashback flashlight food food dispensary food dispensary forgery freeze frame fugitive funeral wreath gas tank girl giving someone a bath giving someone a bath grandmother grandson relationship grinding up pills grinding up pills guitar haircut handcuffs harmonica helicopter hijab hospital hospital bill hunger husband wife relationship ice cube ice cube tray ice cube tray id id card identification papers identification papers illegal alien illegal immigrant imitating sucking imitating sucking in medias res incense insect islam jail jail cell jail visitation judge juvenile prison kicking a door knife knocking on a door lactation landlord large family lawyer lebanese lebanese culture lebanese culture lebanese woman lebanon licorice lie lipstick looking at oneself in a mirror looking out a window man kisses a boy on the cheek man wears eyeglasses mariachi medical exam medical prescription medical prescription medicine menstral pad menstral pad menstruation mickey mouse toy mickey mouse toy microphone migrant worker milk mirror misery missing sister modern day slavery modern day slavery money mopping the floor mother baby reunion mother baby reunion mother child separation mother daughter relationship mother kisses her son on his cheek mother son relationship motorbike muslim muslim girl muslim man muslim prayer muslim woman muslim woman dress name calling neglected child non professional cast old man one word title opioid overhead camera shot overhearing sex overpopulation padlock pain parents throw son out of their house parents throw son out of their house pharmacist place name in title plastic wading pool plastic wading pool plastic water bottle plastic water bottle police officer police raid police station policeman pots and pans poverty powder milk powder milk practicing lying practicing lying pregnancy prescription drug abuse pretending to be syrian pretending to be syrian priest prison prison visitation prologue promiscuity pursuit rain ramen ramen noodles ration card reference to rambo reference to shish barak reference to shish barak reference to spider man refugee rent return home revenge rooftop runaway runaway child running running after a motorcike running after a motorcike running away school seeking a job selling drugs selling drugs selling juice selling juice selling one's hair selling one's hair sex sex with muslim woman shame shopkeeper shoplifting singer singing singing to a baby sister sister relationship skateboard slavery sleeping sleeping on a sofa sleeping on the street sleeping on the street slow motion scene slum smiling sold into marriage sold into marriage son sues parents for giving him life son sues parents for giving him life souk al ahad beirut souk al ahad beirut speaking arabic stabbing stealing a skateboard stealing a skateboard stealing food street child street life street market street vendor sucking on an ice cube sucking on an ice cube suffering superhero costume surrogate brother surrogate mother survival syrian t shirt taking bath in underwear taking bath in underwear tambourine tape cassette telephone telephone call theft threat of deportation throwing away candy throwing away candy timeframe 2010s title directed by female toddler told in flashback tomato juice tramadol the drug tramadol the drug trial troubled youth trying to break down a door trying to break down a door underage pregnancy underage pregnancy vinegar chips vinegar chips violence warehouse washing clothes washing one's face watching a cartoon watching tv water faucet water tank waving hello wheelchair whispering wooden gun work permit working child working child wrapped in a blanket wringing out clothing wringing out clothing

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