Capernaum
It takes courage to hope.
Dramachild abuseslumrefugeeneglectchild bridelawsuitundocumented immigrantpovertylife in the slumsslum dwellers
A harrowing, intimate portrait of childhood survival in poverty and systemic neglect, anchored by a child's desperate legal act of defiance.
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.
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