Capernaum - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Capernaum"
کفرناحوم (2018)
Timing: 2:6 (126 min)
Capernaum - TMDB rating
8.138/10
1949
Capernaum - Kinopoisk rating
8.16/10
179345
Capernaum - IMDB rating
8.4/10
123000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Photo Michel Merkt #85857
Michel Merkt
Producer
Khaled Mouzanar
Producer
Khaled Mouzannar
Producer

Executive Producer

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Danny Glover

Danny Glover
Executive Producer
Jason Kliot
Executive Producer
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Joana Vicente

Joana Vicente
Executive Producer
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Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Executive Producer
Fouad Mikati
Executive Producer
Joslyn Barnes
Executive Producer
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Susan Rockefeller
Executive Producer
Chady Eli Mattar
Executive Producer
Wissam Smayra
Executive Producer
Candice Abela-Mikati
Executive Producer
Antoine Khalife
Executive Producer
Ray Barakat
Executive Producer
Assaad Debs
Executive Producer
Samer Rizk
Executive Producer
Ayla Rizk
Executive Producer
Georges Sarraf
Executive Producer
Sylvio Sharif Tabet
Executive Producer
Akram Safa
Executive Producer

Writer

Jihad Hojeily
Writer
Khaled Mouzanar
Writer
Khaled Mouzannar
Writer

Editor

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Laure Gardette
Editor
Konstantin Bock
Editor

Art Direction

Hussein Baydoun
Art Direction

Costume Design

Zeina Saab de Melero
Costume Design

Original Music Composer

Khaled Mouzanar
Original Music Composer
Khaled Mouzannar
Original Music Composer

Co-Producer

Pierre Sarraf
Co-Producer

Director of Photography

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Christopher Aoun

Christopher Aoun
Director of Photography

Sound Mixer

Photo Emmanuel Croset #85855
Emmanuel Croset
Sound Mixer
Matthieu Tertois
Sound Mixer

First Assistant Director

Toufic Khreich
First Assistant Director

Sound Designer

Chadi Roukoz
Sound Designer

Casting Associate

Ghina El Hachem
Casting Associate
Christine Youakim
Casting Associate
Cynthia Sawma
Casting Associate

Production Sound Mixer

Chadi Roukoz
Production Sound Mixer

Casting Director

Jennifer Haddad
Casting Director

Visual Effects

Sébastien Leclercq
Visual Effects

Line Producer

Pierre Sarraf
Line Producer
Marianne Katra
Line Producer

General Manager

Elie Ziadé
General Manager

Intern

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film was made with the participation of non-professional actors. All the actors were found through street casting. Children and adults were found on the street and asked to answer a few questions on camera. For example, children were asked: “Are you happy to be alive?”. Most children answered this question similarly: “No, I would like to die”, “I don’t know why I live,” and so on. None of the children who auditioned knew how old they were, when or where they were born, and they had never celebrated their birthday.
  • The main character, Zayn, was also found during street casting. His real name is Zayn, and he was, like his character, presumably 12 years old during filming. Due to the military conflict, Zayn and his family moved from Syria to neighboring Lebanon. He is a Syrian refugee. For eight years, he lived in very difficult conditions in one of the areas that the viewer sees in the film, in circumstances that were worse than what the viewer sees in the film, and, like his character, he worked illegally from a young age. Zayn never went to school. At the time of filming, he couldn't even write his own name.
  • Since the film features non-professional actors, director Nadine Labaki asked the characters during filming to react spontaneously to the scripted scenes, using their own words and gestures. When their acting deviated from the script, Labaki adapted the story to fit the characters.
  • Participation in the film helped change the lives of everyone involved in the production – the non-professional actors whose fate and daily lives were not far removed from what was shown in the film. Currently, the film's main character, Zein, lives in Norway with his family in a house by the sea and attends school.
  • The film's premiere in Cannes on May 17, 2018, concluded with a 15-minute standing ovation.
  • The film was made with the participation of non-professional actors. All the actors were found through street casting. Children and adults were found on the street and asked to answer a few questions on camera. For example, children were asked: “Are you happy to be alive?” Most children answered this question in a similar way: “No, I wish I were dead,” “I don’t know why I live,” and so on. None of the children auditioning knew how old they were, when or where they were born, and they had never celebrated their birthday.
  • The main character, Zayn, was also found through street casting. His real name is Zayn, and like his character, he was presumably 12 years old during filming. Due to the military conflict, Zayn and his family moved from Syria to neighboring Lebanon. He is a Syrian refugee. For eight years, he lived in very difficult conditions in one of the areas that the viewer sees in the film, in circumstances that are worse than what the viewer sees in the film, and, like his character, he worked illegally from a young age. Zayn never went to school. At the time of filming, he couldn't even write his name.
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