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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Cast
13 people
Zain Al Rafeea
Zain
Known for
The Sand Castle
Yordanos Shifera
Rahil
No other roles listed
Boluwatife Treasure Bankole
Yonas
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Kawsar Al Haddad
Souad
No other roles listed
Fadi Kamel Yousef
Selim
No other roles listed
Cedra Izzam
Sahar
No other roles listed
Alaa Chouchnieh
Aspro
No other roles listed
Elias Khoury
The Judge
Also in
Nightfall
Nadine Labaki
Nadine
Known for
Caramel
Where Do We Go Now?
Nour el Husseini
Assaad
No other roles listed
Joseph Jimbazian
Cockroach Man / Harout
No other roles listed
Samira Chalhoub
Daad
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Nadine Labaki Director · Jihad Hojeily Writer Khaled Mouzanar Writer
Worldwide gross $65M · Budget $4M · United States release December 14, 2018
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$64,978,931
Gross vs. budget
16.2×
Production
Boo Pictures
Production
Mooz Films
Production
Les Films des Tournelles
Production
Open City Films
Production
KNM
Production
Synchronicity Films
Production
Louverture Films
Production
The Bridge Production
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio · Distribution
France · Lebanon · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original title
کفرناحوم
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Amharic · Arabic
Release dates
France · May 17, 2018
Premiere · Festival de Cannes
Lebanon · September 20, 2018
Theatrical
United States · December 14, 2018
Theatrical · New York / Los Angeles
United States · March 23, 2019
Digital
United States
October 13, 2018 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
March 23, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
July 23, 2019 · Physical · DVD
Argentina
December 12, 2018 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival Week
February 21, 2019 · Theatrical
Australia
August 4, 2018 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
February 7, 2019 · Theatrical
March 26, 2019 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
Austria
January 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Bahrain
March 14, 2019 · Theatrical
Bosnia & Herzegovina
August 13, 2018 · Premiere · Sarajevo Film Festival
Brazil
October 25, 2018 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
January 17, 2019 · Theatrical · COLUMBIA TRISTAR - MJ.GOV
Canada
September 7, 2018 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
January 11, 2019 · Theatrical
China
April 15, 2019 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
April 29, 2019 · Theatrical
July 24, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
Colombia
February 14, 2019 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 21, 2019 · Theatrical
August 20, 2021 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Denmark
October 7, 2018 · Premiere · CPH: PIX
February 7, 2019 · Theatrical
Egypt
March 20, 2019 · Theatrical
Finland
March 1, 2019 · Theatrical
France
October 17, 2018 · Theatrical
Germany
January 17, 2019 · Theatrical
Greece
February 14, 2019 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
November 9, 2018 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
March 7, 2019 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 7, 2019 · Theatrical
India
November 1, 2018 · Premiere · Kolkata International Film Festival
January 21, 2019 · Theatrical
August 2, 2019 · Digital
Indonesia
December 14, 2018 · Theatrical
Iran
March 28, 2019 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 22, 2019 · Theatrical
Italy
April 11, 2019 · Theatrical
Japan
July 20, 2019 · Theatrical
Jordan
March 14, 2019 · Theatrical
Kuwait
April 25, 2019 · Theatrical
Lithuania
March 21, 2019 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 8, 2019 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 24, 2019 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
January 31, 2019 · Theatrical
May 31, 2019 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
July 21, 2018 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
Norway
August 18, 2018 · Premiere · Norwegian International Film Festival
December 25, 2018 · Theatrical
Poland
July 26, 2018 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival
February 22, 2019 · Theatrical
Portugal
November 19, 2018 · Premiere · Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival
February 7, 2019 · Theatrical
Qatar
March 14, 2019 · Theatrical
Romania
March 8, 2019 · Theatrical
Russia
February 14, 2019 · Theatrical
Singapore
March 25, 2019 · Theatrical
Slovakia
February 21, 2019 · Theatrical
Slovenia
November 8, 2018 · Premiere · Ljubljana International Film Festival
South Korea
October 7, 2018 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
January 24, 2019 · Theatrical
Spain
February 12, 2019 · Premiere · Madrid
February 15, 2019 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 11, 2018 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
March 1, 2019 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 30, 2018 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
October 17, 2018 · Theatrical · French
January 10, 2019 · Theatrical · German
April 18, 2019 · Theatrical · Italian
Taiwan
November 13, 2018 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
February 8, 2019 · Theatrical
Thailand
November 17, 2019 · Premiere · Special Screening
December 4, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Lido Connect
Türkiye
October 6, 2018 · Limited theatrical · Filmekimi
January 25, 2019 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
March 14, 2019 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 17, 2018 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
February 22, 2019 · Theatrical
July 29, 2019 · Digital
July 29, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
Uruguay
November 7, 2019 · Premiere · Festival de Cine de Montevideo
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