Al-Yazerli

The Yazerli is the foreman who provides work to day laborers. The film’s poetic, non-narrative structure simulates the fractured thoughts of a young boy who is forced to leave school and find work on the docks. Using minimal dialogue but evocative music and sounds, separate vignettes introduce characters the boy encounters in a single workday. The filmmaker explores the child’s vivid imaginary world while tangibly conveying the physical harshness and repressed sexuality of a life spent in poverty and manual labor. Based on a novella by Hanna Mina.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

95 min

Cast:

Adnan Barakat, Mona Wassef, Nadia Arslan

Quality:

HD

Director:

Qais Al-Zubaidi

Release:

1974

Country:

Syria

Rating:

6.0