Al-Yazerli (1974)

• 62%
• 1974
• Drama
• Qais Al-Zubaidi
• Adnan Barakat
• Mona Wassef
• Nadia Arslan

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.