Zain Al Rafeea is a revelation as the energetic, foul-mouthed Zain, beautifully delivering a spontaneous energy that feels as though its plucked right off the streets moments before the cameras roll
Nadine Labaki proving herself an astonishingly accomplished director of non-professional performers as well as a measured storyteller.. While this is unquestionably an issue film, it tackles its subject with intelligence and heart
it's a much angrier, tougher -- and sometimes funnier -- film than you might imagine; Capernaum s a simplistic film in some ways, with a naive ending -- but there is energy and vigour, too
Capernaum is a movie that wants its audience to empathize with its protagonist so intensely that you agree he should never have been born. It's a fascinating approach, but one that's frustrated by the literalness with which Labaki unpacks it
