A revelation of staggering force, lyrically composed by one of the 20thcentury's leading poets, Forough Farrokhzad. Her first and only film, itdepicts the lives and bodies of people tragically deformed by leprosy. A filmof stirring and powerful images, and a beautifully, tragically poetic narration that heavily influenced the modern Iranian cinema of 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. In Farsi with English subtitles. Forough Farrokhzad---Iran---1962---22 mins."Directed by: Farrokhzad, ForoughRunning time: 48Year: 1962Farsi with English Subtitles
