Nadine Labaki's A Song for Nour had made it from winter harbour cinema to open air selection in 2017 and deservedly found a sizeable audience there, so our interest automatically turns to her new work, which is also preceded by the best reviews. The story speaks for itself: the estimated twelve-year-old Zain sits in a Beirut juvenile detention centre, from where he takes his parents to court - for having brought him into the world, into a chaotic, warlike, child-hostile one. He relentlessly describes his dramatic circumstances to the judge, leaving out no details, no matter how juicy, that neatly compromise the adults - for example, the sale of Zain's beloved sister Sahar. If you now fear a maudlin film on the verge of poverty kitsch and bland good-or-evil characteers, you don't know Nadine Labaki.
Capernaúm - City of Hope. Nadine Labaki, Lebanon/ France 2018, 123 min, no FSK rating yet, OmU
Admission 8pm, starts when dark enough (around 9.15pm; sunset 9.17pm).
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