Farrokhzad was so moved by the people she met there that after she finished filming she adopted one of the children, whose parents were both lepers.The resulting short, black-and-white film reflects the cinema verite aesthetics developed by such filmmakers as Jean Rouch in France, Pierre Perrault in Quebec and Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker in the U.S. Like them, Farrokhzad employs an objecti