Watch UK Trailer For Oscar Nominee Capernaum

If you’ve never watched a foreign/World Cinema film before Picturehouse Entertainment might have a film for you. They will even go as far as saying ‘This is a story you’ve never seen before’. After it’s journey through the Festival circuit, Capernaum is ready for its cinematic release.

Today we see the release of Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki‘s award-winning third feature. A film that got a 15 minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival, winning a Special Jury Prize. A positive sign and a reason to check out why such plaudits (including a Best Film Oscar nomination).
Capernaum tells the story of a 12 year old boy who sues his parents for bringing him into the world. Set in Beruit, Lebanon, poverty-stricken upbringing. Picturehouse Entertainment has released the UK Trailer, check it out…

From acclaimed director Nadine Labaki (CARAMEL, WHERE DO WE GO NOW?) comes a stunning and unforgettable new film.
In a courtroom, a young boy named Zain (Zain Al Rafeea) stands before a judge. He asks to sue his own parents for giving him life. The circumstances that have brought him to this point take us on a journey through his poverty-stricken upbringing in Beirut where he lives with his family.

Forced to live by his wits in order to survive, Zain’s life reaches a turning point when his parents make an unforgivable deal that will see his younger sister married off. Left distraught by this terrible act, Zain takes to the road. While looking for work at a fairground, he befriends a young woman who is working illegally as a cleaner and helps to look after her adorable one-year-old baby, Jonas. Zain and Jonas form a touching bond but things get much more complicated when circumstances force Zain to make choices that will have huge ramifications.

CAPERNAUM is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit – a battle cry for the forgotten, the unwanted and the lost that offers hope in the most unexpected of places.

The film stars Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shifera, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad, Fadi Kamel Yousef, Cedra Izzam, Alaa Chouchnieh.

Capernaum will be released in the UK and Ireland from 22nd February 2019 (Previews 1st February).