Quand les hommes pleurent (English: When Men Cry) is a 1999 documentary film directed by Yasmine Kassari.[1][2][3][4]
| 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 |
Running time | 57 minutes |
| Countries | Belgium, Morocco |
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]
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]