At the Movies: Capernum

Looking for a movie to watch at home while you continue to self-isolate as much as possible? Try Capernum. This 2018 film has a whopping 90% rating from Rotten Tomatoes. It’s available for rent from all the major sites (Amazon, Youtube) and looks like it might also be found on Hulu if you’ve got a subscription.

Here’s the film description:

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Nadine Labaki’s CAPERNAUM (“Chaos”) tells the story of Zain (Zain al Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the “crime” of giving him life. CAPERNAUM follows Zain, a gutsy streetwise child as he flees his negligent parents, survives through his wits on the streets, takes care of Ethiopian refugee Rahil (Yordanos Shiferaw) and her baby son, Yonas (Boluwatife Treasure Bankole), being jailed for a crime, and finally, seeks justice in a courtroom. CAPERNAUM was made with a cast of non-professionals playing characters whose lives closely parallel their own

The film’s star, Zain Al Rafeea, is a Syrian refugee. He fled with his family to Lebanon in 2012, where he was cast in this film. In 2018, his family resettled in Norway. You can next catch him in the upcoming Marvel flick The Eternals.

Check out this breathtaking trailer:

-KitJ