When men cry
When men cry
Yasmine Kassari - Morocco - Belgium
Synopsis
Every year, thousands of moroccan men cross the strait of gibraltar to reach Spain illegally. This documentary goes beyond mere testimony and analyses with clarity and poetry the reasons that drove them to leave their homeland.
Film details
Type : Documentary
Duration : 57 min
Year of production : 1999
Country : Morocco - Belgium
Screenwriter : Yasmine Kassari
Cinematography : Dominique Henri
Editor : Kahéna Attia
Director : Yasmine Kassari
Production company : Les Films De La Drève
Yasmine Kassari
Yasmine Kassari (Morocco, 1970) is a Belgian-Moroccan film director and screenwriter.
Graduated from INSAS in Brussels, she directed several short films: "Le Feutre noir" in 1994, "Chiens errants" in 1995, "Lynda et Nadia" in 2000. In 2000, she directed Quand les hommes pleurent,. In 2004, she made her first feature-length fiction film entitled L’enfant endormi with which she received several international awards, such as the Audience Award at the Premiers Plans festival in Angers in 2005.