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Capernaum
2018
· Movie
· 126 min
A
MEANRANK
86/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #69
- IMDb #76
- Google retired #26
- Rotten Tomatoes #469
- Metacritic #646
- Letterboxd #179
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1116
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #294
- Metacritic Critics #1030
- Metacritic Audience #274
- Douban #42
- Kinopoisk #122
- AlloCiné #148
- Trakt #42
Every rating
75–98
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 75, highest is Google on 98.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young boy living in the direst poverty of Beirut decides to sue his parents for the crime of giving him life. His harsh existence is a daily struggle for survival on the streets, where he cares for an Ethiopian baby after becoming estranged from his own family. The story is a raw examination of neglect, resilience, and the forgotten children on the margins of society.
Details
- Director
- Nadine Labaki
- Released
- 20 September 2018
- Country
- France, Lebanon, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- Arabic, Amharic
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Budget
- $4.0M
- Box office
- $65.0M
- Awards
- 23 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (13) →
Awards & nominations
See all 39 →2 major awards won · 23 wins from 39 nominations across 31 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2018 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2018 | Jury Prize | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Foreign Language Film | Lebanon | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019 | Best Foreign Language Film | Capernaum | Nominee |
| César Award 2019 | Best Foreign Film | Capernaum | Nominee |
| Golden Globes 2019 | Best Foreign Language Film | Capernaum | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2018 | Palme d'Or | Nadine Labaki | Nominee |
| Cinema for Peace 2020 | Cinema for Peace Award for Best Film | Capernaum | Winner |
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Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Jury Prize | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Nadine Labaki | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Lebanon | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Capernaum | Nominee |
César Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Capernaum | Nominee |
Golden Globes
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Capernaum | Nominee |
Calgary International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Audience Favourite, US/International Narrative Feature | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
| Fan Favourite Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
FICFA
2 nominations, 2 won
| Audience Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
International Antalya Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Zain Al Rafeea | Winner |
| Young Jury Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
Stockholm International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Audience Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwany, Georges Kabbaz and Khaled Mouzanar | Winner |
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Directing | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
| Best Actor | Zain Al Rafeea | Nominee |
Cinema for Peace
1 nomination, 1 won
| Cinema for Peace Award for Best Film | Capernaum | Winner |
Film Fest Gent
1 nomination, 1 won
| North Sea Port Audience Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
International Film Festival Rotterdam
1 nomination, 1 won
| IFFR Audience Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
Leeds International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
Melbourne International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
Miami International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Gigi Guermont Audience Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
Mill Valley Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Favorite - World Cinema, Gold Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
Norwegian International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
Sarajevo Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
St. Louis International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Award for Best International Film | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
São Paulo International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Nadine Labaki | Winner |
Vilnius International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| The Audience Award | Capernaum | Winner |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations
| Best Non-English Film | Nadine Labaki | Nominee |
| Best Woman Director | Nadine Labaki | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Nadine Labaki, Khaled Mouzanar | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Independent Film | Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwani, Khaled Mouzanar and Michel Merkt | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Capernaum | Nominee |
Globes de Cristal Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nadine Labaki | Nominee |
Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Long Film | Capernaum | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Capernaum | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
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World Soundtrack Awards
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| Public Choice Award | Khaled Mouzanar | Nominee |