Film

The House Is Black

7.4196321mDocumentary

Director: Forugh Farrokhzad
Year: 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.

Top cast

Forugh Farrokhzad

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Ebrahim Golestan

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Hossein Mansouri

Self (uncredited)

Directed by

Forugh Farrokhzad

Written by

Forugh Farrokhzad

Produced by

Ebrahim Golestan