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The House Is Black (S)

Khaneh siah ast (The House is Black)

1963

Forugh Farrokhzad

Documentary

7.6

1,699

Documentary The House is Black is an acclaimed Iranian documentary medium-legth film directed by Forugh Farrokhzad. The film is a look at life and suffering in a leper colony and focuses on the human condition and the beauty of creation. It is spliced with Farrokhzad's narration of quotes from the Old Testament, the Koran and her own poetry. It was the only film she directed before her death in 1967. During the shooting she became attached to a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"The most succesful fusion of cinema and poetry I know."	POS

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