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Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum Ranked Among 100 Best Films Of The 21st Century
Another impressive achievement for Nadine Labaki’s masterpiece, Capernaum.
Though the film was released nearly a year ago, Capernaum is still receiving much-deserved global praise for its powerful plot and compelling story.
The film was recently ranked #71 out of 100 on The Guardian’s list of the best films of the 21st century. Others on the list include Soderbergh’s Ocean Eleven, 12 Years a Slave, and Anderson’s masterpiece There Will Be Blood at number 1.
The review of the film read: A sprawling drama that functions both as an excoriating treatise on the nature of poverty in Lebanon, and an idiosyncratic drama in which a child takes his parents to court for their ill-treatment of him. We tend to think of the latter type of juvenile emancipation as the province of over-privileged westerners, but director Nadine Labaki makes it work in the toughest of social circumstances: a 12-year-old, living in the Beirut slums, takes steps to deal with his parents’ neglect. A highly original and affecting film.
Earlier this year, Capernaum was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, making Labaki the first Arab female director to be nominated by The Academy.
The movie has also received recognition and admiration from media mogul Oprah and international rock-band Coldplay.
And for those who haven’t seen Capernaum yet, it’s not too late!
Though the film was released nearly a year ago, Capernaum is still receiving much-deserved global praise for its powerful plot and compelling story.
The film was recently ranked #71 out of 100 on The Guardian’s list of the best films of the 21st century. Others on the list include Soderbergh’s Ocean Eleven, 12 Years a Slave, and Anderson’s masterpiece There Will Be Blood at number 1.
The review of the film read: A sprawling drama that functions both as an excoriating treatise on the nature of poverty in Lebanon, and an idiosyncratic drama in which a child takes his parents to court for their ill-treatment of him. We tend to think of the latter type of juvenile emancipation as the province of over-privileged westerners, but director Nadine Labaki makes it work in the toughest of social circumstances: a 12-year-old, living in the Beirut slums, takes steps to deal with his parents’ neglect. A highly original and affecting film.
Earlier this year, Capernaum was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, making Labaki the first Arab female director to be nominated by The Academy.
The movie has also received recognition and admiration from media mogul Oprah and international rock-band Coldplay.
— Coldplay (@coldplay) March 10, 2019
And for those who haven’t seen Capernaum yet, it’s not too late!
