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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 ... [+]
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May 16, 2011
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Sólo la impresionante fotografía de la que hace gala este documental de a penas veinte minutos ya compensa su visionado. Si además descubres que transmite una pureza, una inocencia y unas ganas de vivir pocas veces vista, la cosa se convierte en toda una experiencia. No resulta lo duro que cabría sospechar, porque aunque nos muestra la realidad de una leprosería, lo hace sin regodearse en el dolor, y aunque muchos rostros son incapaces de ocultar el sufrimiento, la dignidad y la entereza con la que lo muestran lo transforma en un canto a la vida.
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