Feb 18, 1963
21 min
Full-HD

The House Is Black (1963)

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.

Forugh Farrokhzad

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Ebrahim Golestan

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Hossein Mansouri

Self (uncredited)

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The House Is Black (1963)

Forugh Farrokhzad

Ebrahim Golestan

Hossein Mansouri