Project Author: Hakura
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Boo Pictures, Mooz Films, Les Films des Tournelles, Open City Films, KNM, Synchronicity Films, Louverture Films, The Bridge Production
Capernaum
It takes courage to hope.
Genre:
Drama
Runtime:
126
Released:
2018
Rating:
8.1
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Nadine Labaki, Georges Khabbaz, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwany, Khaled Mouzanar
FILM OVERVIEW
Capernaum
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.
DIRECTOR
Nadine Labaki
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Nadine Asmar (Intern)
Nadine Labaki (Director)
Nadine Labaki (Writer)
Georges Khabbaz (Writer)
Jihad Hojeily (Writer)
Christopher Aoun (Director of Photography)
Michelle Keserwany (Writer)
Khaled Mouzanar (Writer)
Khaled Mouzanar (Original Music Composer)
Michel Merkt (Producer)
CAST MEMBERS
Zain Al Rafeea
Yordanos Shifera
Boluwatife Treasure Bankole
Kawsar Al Haddad
Fadi Kamel Yousef
Cedra Izzam
Alaa Chouchnieh
Elias Khoury
Nadine Labaki
Nour el Husseini
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Laure Gardette (Editor), Konstantin Bock (Editor), Pierre Sarraf (Co-Producer), Sebastien Leclercq (Visual Effects), Khaled Mouzanar (Producer), Chadi Roukoz (Sound Designer), Samer Rizk (Executive Producer), Jason Kliot (Executive Producer), Ayla Rizk (Executive Producer), Candice Abela-Mikati (Executive Producer), Chadi Roukoz (Production Sound Mixer), Matthieu Tertois (Sound Mixer), Elie Ziadé (General Manager), Cynthia Sawma (Casting Associate), Joana Vicente (Executive Producer), Anne-Dominique Toussaint (Executive Producer), Marianne Katra (Line Producer), Antoine Khalife (Executive Producer), Ghina El Hachem (Casting Associate), Georges Sarraf (Executive Producer), Zeina Saab de Melero (Costume Design), Chady Eli Mattar (Executive Producer), Toufic Khreich (First Assistant Director), Wissam Smayra (Executive Producer), Akram Safa (Executive Producer), Hussein Baydoun (Art Direction), Ray Barakat (Executive Producer), Pierre Sarraf (Line Producer), Assaad Debs (Executive Producer), Joslyn Barnes (Executive Producer), Susan Rockefeller (Executive Producer), Sylvio Sharif Tabet (Executive Producer), Jennifer Haddad (Casting Director), Christine Youakim (Casting Associate), Emmanuel Croset (Sound Mixer), Danny Glover (Executive Producer), Fouad Mikati (Executive Producer)
MORE CAST
Joseph Jimbazian, Samira Chalhoub, Farah Hasno
