The House Is Black
Documentary • 1963 • 21 min
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A sobering and nihilistic take on the world and the value of religion
Iranian leper colony doc hits harder than any horror film. Beauty, pain, and poetry—this one stares straight into your soul.
Short watch on YouTube from the 1,001 Movies to See Before You Die list. Made me realize I’ve never really seen leprosy depicted in film.
Stark portrayal of a disease long eradicated yet still so present in stories and history. A truly unique and important depiction of lepracy
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do the lepers be f*cking?
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