Review of Capernaum (2018) by Skoda — 01 Apr 2019

As soon as I went about watching this movie, it stroke me as being very akin to City of God. Even though it is not as splendid as that movie, I took a lot of delight from watching Capernaum, which fully deserves the award for the best foreign picture.

Personally, the movie made me realised all the hardships poor people need to face unfairly, which the rest of us often tend to forget. That chief reason that I gave it an 8 is the final, which didn't really live up to my expectations.

I was looking forward to something more meaningful and memorable perhaps, particularly in terms of the boy's destiny. But broadly speaking - actors' outstanding performance(all the more incredible and astonishing considering that they are not really professional actors, but people who went through exactly the sort of experiences that the film depicted), gripping plot, deep emotional impact, a life lesson.