Capernaum

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Capernaum

Release Date: September 20, 2018

Year	:	2018
Slogan	:	«It takes courage to hope.»
Genres	:	Drama
Production Companies	:	Boo Pictures, Mooz Films, Cedrus Invest Bank, Clandestino Filmes, DFI, KNM Films, Les Films des Tournelles, Louverture Films, Open City Films, Sunnyland Film, The Bridge Production
Director	:	Nadine Labaki
Producers	:	Danny Glover, Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Fouad Mikati, Joslyn Barnes, Susan Rockefeller, Michel Merkt, Chady Eli Mattar, Wissam Smayra, Candice Abela-Mikati, Khaled Mouzanar, Pierre Sarraf, Pierre Sarraf, Jennifer Haddad, Antoine Khalife, Marianne Katra, Elie Ziadé, Ghina El Hachem, Christine Youakim, Cynthia Sawma, Ray Barakat, Assaad Debs, Samer Rizk, Ayla Rizk, Georges Sarraf, Sylvio Sharif Tabet, Akram Safa
Writers	:	Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Georges Khabbaz, Michelle Keserwany, Khaled Mouzanar
RunTime	:	126 mins.
Budget	:	4000000
Revenue	:	64978931

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.