Quand les hommes pleurent

Quand les hommes pleurent
Directed by	Yasmine Kassari
Produced by	Jean-Jacques Andrien
Cinematography	Dominique Henri
Edited by	Kahina Attia
Production companies	Les Films de la Drève CBA (Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles) RTBF (Radio Télévision Belge Francophone)
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	57 minutes
Countries	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. ^[5] It was screened at a number of international film festivals. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

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. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

References

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3. "Quand les hommes pleurent - Maroc/Belgique 1999 - sur Cinergie.be". Cinergie.be. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
4. "ARDECHE IMAGES - Quand les hommes pleurent". www.lussasdoc.org. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
5. Quand les hommes pleurent - Tënk, archived from the original on 2021-11-28, retrieved 2021-11-28
6. "Films | Africultures : Quand les hommes pleurent". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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8. Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN   978-977-424-943-3.
9. ""Quand les hommes pleurent" : le douloureux continent qu'on nomme l'exil". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2001-10-09. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
10. George, Olakunle (2021-03-22). A Companion to African Literatures. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   978-1-119-05817-5.
11. Barlet, Olivier (2016-08-01). Contemporary African Cinema. MSU Press. ISBN   978-1-62895-270-4.