I watched two impressive films today. Bad Boy Bubby and Capernaum.
They truly couldn’t be more different films, one being fantasy and the other realistic, but the common theme of a deprived and tragic childhood shone through.
Capernaum is in effect a realistic take on poverty in an abusive cultural society and its impact on a child. Where Bad Boy Bubby is an extreme example of criminal abuse, deprivation and degradation of a child. The great difference, for Bubby, was…