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The House Is Black

Feb 18, 1963 | IMDB 7.3

21 min Watch Now

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.

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Forugh Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, Hossein Mansouri

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