Credited cast: | |||
Zain Al Rafeea | ... | Zain | |
Yordanos Shiferaw | ... | Rahil | |
Boluwatife Treasure Bankole | ... | Yonas | |
Kawsar Al Haddad | ... | Souad | |
Fadi Yousef | ... | Selim (as Fadi Kamel Yousef) | |
Cedra Izzam | ... | Sahar, the Sister | |
Alaa Chouchnieh | ... | Aspro | |
Elias Khoury | ... | The Judge | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Mohammad Al Abdallah | ... | Salah | |
Mohamad Abdellatif | ... | Street Kid | |
Abdo Abdo | ... | Notary | |
Hampig Abraham | ... | Street Kid | |
Jamil Ahmad | ... | Street Kid | |
Mohamad Akkar | ... | Kid | |
Elias Akobegia | ... | Employer Snack Falafel |
Capernaüm ("Chaos") tells the story of Zain (Zain al-Rafeea), a Lebanese boy who sues his parents for the "crime" of giving him life. The film follows Zain as he journeys from gutsy, streetwise child to hardened 12-year-old "adult" fleeing his negligent parents, surviving through his wits on the streets, where he meets Ethiopian migrant worker Rahil, who provides him with shelter and food, as Zain takes care of her baby son Yonas in return. Zain later gets jailed for committing a violent crime, and finally seeks justice in a courtroom.
It's almost like documentary, real honest raw emotions of unfortunate forgotten children in the world in any country with homeless or refugee kids