Al-Yazerli (1974)
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.
Cast
Recommendations
The Safety of Objects
Return
Bastard Out of Carolina
Nothing Personal
The Visit
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Adam
Holy Lands
Sky
Come Sunday
The River
The Nest
Reading Lolita in Tehran
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Mindwalk
The Kindness of Strangers
Cardboard Boxer
Hardball
Rogue Agent
Tigertail