Al Yazerli

The yazerli is the foreman who provides work to day laborers. This film’s poetic, non-narrative structure simulates the mind of a young boy forced to leave school and find work on the docks. Al-Yazerli spans the length of his workday, using minimal dialogue and evocative music and sounds. The filmmaker uncovers the imaginary world of a boy whose destiny seems bound to poverty and manual labor, and the physical harshness and repressed sexuality of his daily life become poignantly tangible. –Abu Dhabi Film Festival