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The House Is Black

Original title: خانه سیاه است

★ 7.4 TMDB Rating · 157 votes

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.

Director
Forugh Farrokhzad
Release date
Feb 18, 1963
Original language
Persian
Origin
Iran

Cast of The House Is Black

  • Portrait of Forugh Farrokhzad

    Forugh Farrokhzad

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Portrait of Ebrahim Golestan

    Ebrahim Golestan

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Hossein Mansouri

    Self (uncredited)

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