Title of film : Capharnaum
Director Name : Nadine Labaki
Cast & crew :
Producer : Khaled Mouzanar,Michel Merkt
Editor : Konstantin Bock,Laure Gardette
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Synopsis : INT. COURTROOM ZAIN, a 12-year-old boy, faces THE JUDGE. THE JUDGE: Why are you suing your own parents? ZAIN: For giving me life. A political and contemporary fable in the vein of Labaki’s first two movies, “Cafarnaum” centers around a child who rebels against the life he’s been imposed and launches a lawsuit.Although “Cafarnaum” will shoot in Lebanon, the story takes place in an undefined Middle Eastern region which is going through a political and social crisis.‘Cafarnaum’ will have the same humour et humanity.Capharnaüm recounts the journey of 12-year-old Zain, who decides to sue his parents for having brought him into this world when they can’t raise him properly, even if only to give him love. The fight of this mistreated boy, whose parents have not lived up to their task, resonates like the scream of all those who are neglected by our system. A universal accusation seen through candid eyes…
Director Bio : Nadine Labaki was born in Lebanon, and grew up during the years of civil war, obtaining a degree in Audiovisual Studies in 1997 from Beirut’s Saint-Joseph University. After graduation, she immediately moved into directing television commercials and music videos for popular artists in the region, garnering several awards. In 2005, Nadine participated in the Cannes Film Festival Residence to write Caramel, her first feature film set in Beirut. She directed and took a lead role in the film, which premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 2007 and won the Youth Jury Award, as well as the Audience Award at San Sebastian Film Festival. Caramel was released theatrically in over 60 countries. In 2008, she received the Insignia of Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Ministry of Culture. Nadine’s second feature, Where Do We Go Now?, which she again wrote, directed and starred in, also premiered at Cannes in 2011 in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ category, and won a Special Mention from the Ecumenical Jury. It went on to win the Cadillac People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Audience Award at San Sebastian Film Festival, before screening at Sundance in 2012. Where Do We Go Now? was nominated for Best Foreign Film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and is Lebanon’s highest-grossing Arabic film to date. In 2014 Nadine directed Rio, I Love You, one of the segments of the Cities of Love anthology film which she directed, co-wrote and starred in, opposite Harvey Keitel. As an actor, she starred in Mea Culpa for French director Fred Cavayé, La rançon de la gloire for French director Xavier Beauvois, Stray Bullet for Lebanese director Georges Hachem and Rock the Casbah for Moroccan director Laïla Marrakchi.
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