1963 21m Forugh Farrokhzad

The House Is Black

Name: The House Is Black
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1963
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Forugh Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, Hossein Mansouri

★ 7.8 IMDb

Documentary

Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness," of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.

Writer Forugh Farrokhzad

Cast Forugh Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, Hossein Mansouri

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