History Film / Capernaum

* PaedoHunt: OldManMarryingAChild situations aside, at the beginning of the film, an adult man Zain has to deliver goods to is shown trying to molest 12 years old Zain.

* AbusiveParents: Zain's parents frequently hit and yell at their children, [[spoiler: sell their 11-year-old daughter as a child bride]], laugh at the idea of sending their kids to school.

* TeenPregnancy: Played for drama. [[spoiler:Sahar gets pregnant shortly after being married off to Assad, but suffers from complications and dies because the hospital didn't take her in due to her lack of documents. It's heavily implied that the complications of Sahar's pregnancy happened because she got pregnant at a very young age]].

* AbusiveParents:
** Zain's parents frequently hit and yell at their children, [[spoiler: sell their 11-year-old daughter as a child bride]], laugh at the idea of sending their kids to school.

Capernaum is a 2018 Lebanese film by Nadine Labaki. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It is a 2019 nominee for the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film}}.

* AdultFear:
** Your little sister being sold as a child bride [[spoiler: and dies of a miscarriage.]]
** For Rahil, being an illegal immigrant who can be arrested and shipped away at any moment, [[spoiler: being separated from her son]].

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* ItsPersonal: Zain takes revenge for his sister [[spoiler: when she dies during child birth by stabbing her husband]].

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Zain is a smart kid who despite his age is able to read well into the intentions and actions of adults around him.

* BigBrotherInstinct: A defining trait of Zain. He will ''hurt'' if you do anything to his siblings (real or adopted). [[spoiler: And indeed he hurried his sister's husband.]]

* AdultsAreUseless: To Zain, they definitely are. They are either abusive or apathetic, save for Rahil (who has too much problems of her own) and the lawyer, eventually.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Zain is still in jail, his parents are [[HereWeHoAgain having another child]] and Sahar is dead. But Zain was at least instrumental in helping Rahil reunite with Yonas and he receives his very first ID.]]

The protagonist is Zain, a (seemingly) 12-year-old boy born into poverty. The film starts InMediasRes with Zain serving a 5 years sentence for stabbing a man. In prison, he decided to sue his parents for giving birth to him condemning him to a life of poverty. The movie moves back and forth between the courtroom and Zain's story, uncovering the reasons why he attempted murder and took his parents into the court.

** Zain's parents frequently hit and yell at their children, [[spoiler: sell their 11-years-old daughter as a child bride]], laugh at the idea of sending their kids to school.
* AdultsAreUseless: To Zain, they definitely are. They are either abusive or apathetic, save for Rahul (who has too much problems of her own) and the lawyer, eventually.

** For Rahil, being an illegal immigrant who can be arrested and shipped away at any moment, [[spoiler: being separated with her son]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Zain is still in jail, his parents are [[HereWeHoAgain having another child]] and Sahar is dead. But Zain was at least instrumental in helping Rahil reunite with Tomas and he receives the first ID of his life.]]
* HowWeGotHere: Starts with 12-year-old Zain suing his parents, then goes back to recount how events came to this.
* TheIllegal: Tegist, an Ethiopian woman who is in the country illegally. She gets knocked up and Zain, a boy himself, tries to take care of her and her baby.

** Your little sister being sold as a child bride [[spoiler; and dies of a miscarriage]];

* AdultsAreulUseless: To Zain, they definitely are. They are either abusive or apathetic, save for Rahul (who has too much problems of her own) and the lawyer, eventually.

* T
heUnperson: Having a legal identity is a leitmotif. Without documents you're as good as dead, you have no rights and cannot even leave the country.

Capernaum is a 2018 Lebanese film by Creator/{{Nadine Labaki}}. It won the {{Grand Jury Prize}} at the Cannes Film Festival. It is a 2019 nominee for the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film}}.

The film is about a Zain, a 12-year-old boy born into poverty. The film follows the series of events that lead him to stabbing a man. He decides to sue his parents for giving birth to him. The movie has a non-chronological narrative that moves back and forth between the courtroom and Zain's story.

!!Tropes:

** Zain's parents frequently hit and yell at Zain.
** Zain's parents [[spoiler:marry off his 11 year old sister Sahar]].
** Zain's father does not support Zain's desire to go to school.
* BigBrotherInstinct
** Zain looks after his sister, Sahar, and [[spoiler: tries to keep her from getting married off]].
** Zain looks after toddler Yonus when [[spoiler:: when Yonus's mother Rahil takes Zain in]].

* StreetSmart: Zain is shown as a clever kid who knows his way around the city and is careful not to be manipulated.

* StreetSmart: Zain is shown as a clever kid who knows his way around the city and is careful not to be manipulated.
* ItsPersonal: Zain takes revenge for his sister [[spoiler: when she dies during child birth by stabbing her husband]].

* ItsPersonal: Zain takes revenge for his sister [spoiler: when she dies during child birth by stabbing her husband].

* StreetSmart: Zain is shown as a clever kid who knows his way around the city and is careful not to be manipulated.

* TheIllegal: Tegist, an Ethiopian woman who is in the country illegally. She gets knocked up and Zain, a boy himself, tries to take care of her and her baby.

Capernaum is a 2018 Lebanese film by {{Nadine Labaki}}. It won the {{Grand Jury Prize}} at the Cannes Film Festival. It is a 2019 nominee for {{Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film}}.

The film is about a Zain, a 12-year-old boy born into poverty. The film follows the series of events that lead him to [[spoiler: stabbing a man]]. He decides to sue his parents for giving birth to him. The movie has a non-chronological narrative that moves back and forth between the courtroom and Zain's story.

** Zain looks after toddler Yonus when [[spoiler:: when Yonus's mother Rahil takes Zain in]].

** Zain's father does not support Zain's desire to go to school.

!!Tropes:

Capernaum is a 2018 Lebanese film by {{Nadine Labaki}}. It won the {{Grand Jury Prize}} at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film is about a Zain, a 12-year-old boy born into poverty. The film follows the series of events that lead him to [[spoiler: stabbing a man]]. He decides to sue his parents for giving birth to him. The movie has a non-chronological narrative that moves back and forth between the courtroom and Zain's story.