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.

• Qais Al-ZubaidiDirector
• Qais Al-ZubaidiWriter
• Solhy Al-WadiOriginal Music Composer

• Adnan BarakatCast
• Mona WassefCast
• Nadia ArslanCast
• Abdul Rahman Al-RashiCast
• Esam AbjyCast
• Abdallah AbbassiCast
• شفيق المنفلوطيCast
• Maha Al MasriCast