The Jar
Directed by Ebrahim Foruzesh, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Behzad Khodeaveisi, Fatemeh Azrah, Haji.

We’re told that there is a flourishing film movement afoot in Iran. Unfortunately, few of these works make it to these shores. Thus, the screening of the award-winning The Jar is an exceptional occasion and a rare opportunity to check things out for ourselves. The film tells the story of what happens to a school in the desert when a jar of water breaks. A simple accident sets off a major crisis prompted by the need to find a replacement jar. In the course of the search, much is revealed of the reality of rural life and the fine line separating poverty from disaster.

This article appears in August 4 • 1995 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.