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Forugh Farrokhzad
Director 1934 - 1967

Forugh Farrokhzad

Iran

Forugh Farrokhzad (Persian: فروغ فرخزاد‎‎; December 29, 1934 – February 13, 1967) was an influential Iranian poet and film director. She was a controversial modernist poet and an iconoclast, writing from a female point of view.

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Khesht va Ayeneh

Khesht va Ayeneh

Ebrahim Golestan 1966 2h 11m

Hashem is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he gives a ride to a young woman. Hashem and his girlfriend, Taji, try to cope with this unwanted child. Hashem insists on getting rid of the child, Taji on keeping him.

Khaneh siah ast

Khaneh siah ast

Forugh Farrokhzad 1963 21m 5.0

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.

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