Capernaum
U/A: Drama
Director: Nadine Labaki
Cast: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole
Rating:

There's a brief moment in this film, when the poor little boy (Zain Al Rafeea) here, who literally drives the entire narrative/story, is resting on the floor under an open sky, as military helicopters fly past. It's obvious proclamation of the price of politics and war on the young.

And yet, it's the only time you sense that the film (even if for a second), is looking at anything outside of the survival instincts of an incredibly sorted/smart/stubborn child, negotiating through slums, homelessness, parental neglect, illegal residential-status, love, hate, kindness—life itself.