Country: Iran
Directed by Forough Farrokhzad
The only movie of the famous female poet Forough Farrokhzad ,who died a few years latter in car accident, is a 22 minutes documentary for the life of the patients in a leper colony. Although disturbing to watch , the film is a pure masterpiece , a landmark in the history of Iranian cinema. Images of ugliness are combined with quotes from the Quoran , Old testament and Farrokhazad poetry in a unforgetable way . The director described her motive to make the film as a way to sweep out the ugliness and to relieve the victims : after the initial shock soon we don't see ugliness in the screen but tenderness
You can watch the full movie here although at times is hard to follow the subtitles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WL4w5ceO7w
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