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Capernaum (2018)
93K
Original name: کفرناحوم
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, France, Cyprus, Qatar, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.
Style:
social, sad, thought provoking, rough, cynical, inspirational, serious, brutal, depressing, bleak ...
Plot:
poverty, traumatic childhood, slum, misery, child abuse, refugee, neglected child, child protagonist, child labor, life is a bitch, low lives, child neglect, starving child, runaway, muslim girl, lawsuit, prison, slavery, troubled youth, street life, children, illegal alien, survival, baby, babysitting ...
Time:
2010s, future
Place:
lebanon, beirut lebanon
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