La Jarre

Credits

Name: La Jarre

Country: Marokko

Year of publication: 2004

Format: 35 mm

Color: color

Language : OF m. engl. UT

Duration: 11 Minuten

Direction: Bensouda, Mohamed

Screenplay: Bensouda, Mohamed

Camera: Chouika, Fadel

Editing: Toubkis, Camille

Sound: Oubaha, Ahmed

Actor: Alkaghat, Azelarab; Lamrin, Mohamed; Raouia Sekkat, Youssef

Abstract

Set in 1963 Iran, this elegant, award-winning tale is the simple story of an elementary school in a poor village in the middle of the desert. One day, the children discover that the water jar--the sole vessel for their drinking water--is cracked. But getting the jar fixed turns out to be more complicated than one might imagine and it is up to an extraordinary teacher to finally get the job done.
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