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The Jar: A Tale From the East

الجرة حكاية من الشرق

2001

Drawn from a story told for over a millennium, this fable set in a Middle Eastern village dramatizes an age-old struggle between good and evil and the values that hold a family together. A moral folk tale.

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Part of 10 Essential Syrian Films

This film is stop 7 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Syria. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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