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Capernaum / Mooz Films presents ; in association with Cedrus Invest Bank, Doha Film Institute, KNM Films, Boo Pictures, Synchronicity Production, The Bridge Production, Louverture Films, Open City Films, Les Films des Tournelles ; screenplay, Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwany ; in collaboration with Georges Khabbaz, Khlaed Mouzanar ; producer, Michel Merkt ; produced by Khaled Mouzanar ; directed by Nadine Labaki.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 55322 | Sony Pictures ClassicsLanguage: Arabic, English Original language: Arabic Subtitle language: French, English Publisher: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Classics, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music, Khaled Mouzanar ; director of photography, Christopher Aoun ; editors, Konstantin Bock, Laure Gardette.
Cast: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shifera, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Yousef, Cedra Izzam, Alaa Chouchnieh, Elias Khoury.Summary: Capernaüm tells the story of Zain (Zain al-Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life. The film follows Zain as he journeys from gutsy, streetwise child to hardened 12-year-old "adult" fleeing his negligent parents, surviving through his wits on the streets, where he meets Ethiopian migrant worker Rahil, who provides him with shelter and food, as Zein takes care of her baby son Yonas in return. Zein later gets jailed for committing a violent crime, and finally seeks justice in a courtroom.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD WORLD Capernau Available 33111009485398
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise twelve-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they've given him.

DVD, region 1; wide screen (2.39:1); Dolby digital 5.1.

Arabic dialogue; French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; English described video.

Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shifera, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Yousef, Cedra Izzam, Alaa Chouchnieh, Elias Khoury.

Music, Khaled Mouzanar ; director of photography, Christopher Aoun ; editors, Konstantin Bock, Laure Gardette.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.

Wide screen (2.39:1).

MPAA rating: R; for language and some drug material.

Capernaüm tells the story of Zain (Zain al-Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life. The film follows Zain as he journeys from gutsy, streetwise child to hardened 12-year-old "adult" fleeing his negligent parents, surviving through his wits on the streets, where he meets Ethiopian migrant worker Rahil, who provides him with shelter and food, as Zein takes care of her baby son Yonas in return. Zein later gets jailed for committing a violent crime, and finally seeks justice in a courtroom.

Special features: The making of Capernaum ; Theatrical trailer.

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