An evening with Jonathan Rosenbaum
An opportunity to meet my favourite film critic, Jonathan Rosenbaum, turned out to be a rich evening of films from around the […]
Review: The House Is Black (1963)
Director: Forugh Farrokhzad
Cast: Forugh Farrokhzad, Ebrahim Golestan, Hossein Mansouri,
Forugh Farrokhzad
Ebrahim Golestan
Hossein Mansouri
Plot: 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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