Khaneh siah ast (The House Is Black)

For her first film, Forough Farrokhzad went straight to the most unwatchable: leprosy, lepers. And if was needed the gaze of a woman, if is always needed the look of a woman to establish the right distance with suffering and hideousness, without complacency and self-pity, her gaze still transformed her subject, and by bypassing the abominable trap of the symbol, succeed in binding, besides the truth, this leprosy to all the leprosies of the world.
Chris Marker, Cinéma 67, n. 117 (1976)

This is a picture of an enclosed and restricted society. A picture of living in vain, being marginalised, being wasted. Even the so-called healthy people in the seemingly healthy society outside the leper colony can suffer from the same symptoms deep in their souls.
Interview conducted by Faraj Saba, Roshanfekr, February 1964

PRODUCTION 1: Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
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40122 – Bologna, Italy
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PRODUCTION 2: Ecran Noir Productions
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75005 – Paris, France
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PRODUCTION WHEN THE FILM WAS MADE: Golestan Film Studio

WORLD SALES: Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna and Ecran Noir Productions
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PRESS OFFICE: Andrea Ravagnan - Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
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