If it’s hope you seek in the new Lebanese film “Capernaum,” you have to look deeply.
It lives mostly in the characters’ minute actions, which reveal kindness and care that long ago departed their eyes and demeanor.
Look, for instance, to the pots and pans our pre-teen protagonist Zain has rigged into a rattling cart to dutifully haul around a baby that life has left in his lap.Read More: Nadine Labaki’s ‘Capernaum [Capharnaüm]’ Restlessly Moves Like An Uber-Realist ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ [Cannes Review]The larger world, by contrast, is bleak.Continue reading Nadine Labaki Talks Her Golden Globe-Nominated Film ‘Capernaum’ And Life Intersecting With Art In Lebanon [Interview] at The Playlist.
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