Khānah siyāh ast

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Statement of responsibility: īn fīlm bih sif̄ārish-i Jamʻīyat-i Kumak bih Juz̲āmīyān dar pāʼīz-i sāl-i 1341 dar Sāzman̄-i Fīlm-i Gulistān sākhtah shud ; payvand va kār-gardānī-i Furūgh Farrukhʹʹzād

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Summary: This film about the leprosy colony in Tabriz, Iran is a compassionate portrait of forgotten people. Straightforward yet sympathetic, the film affords dignity to its subjects, particularly through Farrokhzad's striking poem read by the poet herself. "Khānah siyāh ast" has heavily influenced the modern Iranian cinema of such great filmmakers as Abbas Kiarostami and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who called it "the best Iranian film." It provides, in the film's own words, "a vision of pain no caring human being should ignore."

Credits note: ʻAks, Sulaymān Mīnāsīyān ; dastyārhā, Hirānd Mīnāsīyān, Amīr Karrārī ; tahīyah kunandah, Ibrāhīm Gulistān

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