Quand les hommes pleurent explained

Director:	Yasmine Kassari
Producer:	Jean-Jacques Andrien
Cinematography:	Dominique Henri
Editing:	Kahina Attia
Studio:	Les Films de la Drève CBA (Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles) RTBF (Radio Télévision Belge Francophone)
Runtime:	57 minutes
Country:	Belgium, Morocco

Quand les hommes pleurent (English: When Men Cry) is a 1999 documentary film directed by Yasmine Kassari.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

The director spent a summer in the region of Murcia alongside the clandestine workers featured in her documentary. Poems of the Palestinian Mahmoud Darwich are scattered throughout the film. It was screened at a number of international film festivals.^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Synopsis

The film follows "men who cry", Moroccan workers who have crossed the Strait of Gibraltar in order to reach Spain, in search of a better future. These migrants soon discover the impasse in which they find themselves, stuck there in living conditions worse than those they knew at home.^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

Notes and References

Web site: Les Films de la Drève Quand les hommes pleurent.... 2021-11-28. www.lesfilmsdeladreve.be.
Web site: Quand les hommes pleurent – CBA. 2021-11-28. cbadoc.be. en-US.
Web site: Quand les hommes pleurent - Maroc/Belgique 1999 - sur Cinergie.be. 2021-11-28. Cinergie.be.
Web site: ARDECHE IMAGES - Quand les hommes pleurent. 2021-11-28. www.lussasdoc.org.
Web site: Films Africultures : Quand les hommes pleurent. 2021-11-28. Africultures. fr-FR.
Web site: film-documentaire.fr - Portail du film documentaire. 2021-11-28. www.film-documentaire.fr.
Book: Hillauer, Rebecca. Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. 2005. American Univ in Cairo Press. 978-977-424-943-3. en.
News: 2001-10-09. "Quand les hommes pleurent" : le douloureux continent qu'on nomme l'exil. fr. Le Monde.fr. 2021-11-28.
Book: George, Olakunle. A Companion to African Literatures. 2021-03-22. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-119-05817-5. en.
Book: Barlet, Olivier. Contemporary African Cinema. 2016-08-01. MSU Press. 978-1-62895-270-4. en.