In the Jam Jar

Oct 8, 2021

0h 13m

★ 7.0

Joan's musings on death silently echo with her son Dan's in this tribute to maternal love.

Overview

n the Jam Jar is an invitation to the intimacy of 81-year-old Joan’s final days, whose musings silently echo with Dan’s, her 50-year-old son. This fiction short-movie is a dive into death and grief, a tribute to maternal love comprised of nail clippings, aquarelle, strawberry jam and a ghost radar.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Bravo Charlie

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Cast

Joan

France Castel

Dan

Alain Goulem

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In the Jam Jar

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