Released:
1974-01-02

Overview:
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.

Director:
Qais Al-Zubaidi

Runtime:
1h 35min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Adnan Barakat
• 
  Mona Wassef
• 
  Nadia Arslan
• 
  Abdul Rahman Al-Rashi
• 
  Esam Abjy