

Capernaum
It takes courage to hope.
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.
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8.1/10
2,061 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4M
- Box office
- $65M
- Language
- Amharic
- child abuse
- slum
- refugee
- neglect
- child bride
- lawsuit
- undocumented immigrant
- poverty
- life in the slums
- slum dwellers
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Behind the camera
Director
Music
Produced in
France, Lebanon, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where to watch
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- PremiereKolkata International Film Festival1 Nov 2018
- Theatrical21 Jan 2019
- Digital / OTT2 Aug 2019
United StatesUS
- PremiereMill Valley Film Festival13 Oct 2018
- TheatricalNew York / Los Angeles14 Dec 2018
- Digital / OTT23 Mar 2019
- PhysicalBlu-ray23 Mar 2019
- PhysicalDVD23 Jul 2019
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival17 Oct 2018
- Theatrical1522 Feb 2019
- Digital / OTT29 Jul 2019
- PhysicalBlu-ray29 Jul 2019
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical14 Mar 2019
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival4 Aug 2018
- Theatrical7 Feb 2019
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-ray26 Mar 2019
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival7 Sept 2018
- Theatrical11 Jan 2019
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival Week12 Dec 2018
- Theatrical21 Feb 2019
AustriaAT
- Theatrical18 Jan 2019
BahrainBH
- Theatrical14 Mar 2019
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA
- PremiereSarajevo Film Festival13 Aug 2018
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival25 Oct 2018
- Theatrical16COLUMBIA TRISTAR - MJ.GOV17 Jan 2019
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival15 Apr 2019
- Theatrical29 Apr 2019
- TheatricalRe-release24 Jul 2020
Frequently asked questions
Capernaum was released on 20 September 2018.
Audience reviews
2- S8/10
Stephen Campbell
7/23/2019
**_I wouldn't call it entertaining per se, but it's certainly provocative_** >_I saw kids who are so neglected, so abused that there's nothing anymore in their eyes. These children don't laugh, don't cry, and don't play. If you put a toy in front of them, they don't touch it. They are just numb. There's no more childhood in their eyes. After seeing these kids many times, when they started to have a trusting relati…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/19/2025
There’s something distinctly Dickensian about the urchin style of life lived by “Zain” (Zain Al-Rafeea) on the modern-day streets of Lebanon. He has to use his wits and guile, his charm and his youth to scrape a living after he ran away from his parents. He did this because they gave his beloved eleven-year-old sister to be married! He lucks out a little in that he quickly encounters “Rahil” (Yordanos Shiferaw) who i…
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