Al-Yazerli

(1974)

★ 6 IMDb · 1 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1974

Runtime: 95 мин

Country: Syrian Arab Republic

Director: قيس الزبيدي

Cast: Adnan Barakat, منى واصف, نادية ارسلان, عبدالرحمن آل رشي, عصام عبه جي, Abdallah Abbassi, شفيق المنفلوطي, Maha Al Masri

Plot

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.