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The Jar

1992 · 86 min

A gentle, patient slice of village life where a small problem becomes a quiet lesson in community and perseverance.

Overview
In the yard of an Iranian village school stands in the shade of a tree a large stoneware jar from which all the pupils drink fresh water. On an unfortunate day, the jar starts leaking. The schoolmaster tries hard to get a new one but in vain. The only solution is to have it fixed...
How it feels
Warm, earnest and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Survival, friendship, family, work
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Directed by
Ebrahim Forouzesh
Written by
Houshang Moradi Kermani
Starring
Behzad Khodaveisi, Fatemeh Azrah, Abbas Khavaninzadeh, Hassein Balai, Alireza Haji-Ghasemi, Sakineh Mehrizi, Ramazan Moila-Abbasi, Shamsoddin Olfat
Runtime
86 min
Country
Iran
Languages
Persian

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