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.

• Release date
• January 2, 1974
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Qais Al-Zubaidi

Cast

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

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Abdallah Abbassi

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شفيق المنفلوطي Maha Al Masri