In Search of Illumination

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In Search of Illumination (2014)

Directed by Mehrdad Sheikhan

Documentary · 1h 27m

A historical recount of the foundation, establishment, and expansion of 'Amirkabir Publication Institute'. This publication house was considered Iran's most influential and biggest publication institute in the 1940s-80s years. The film looks at the life of the late Abdorrahim Jafari, Amirkabir's founder, and the institute's sad ending, early 1980s when the revolutionary court orders the institute to be confiscated. Mr Jafari was then stripped of the institute's ownership and forced to retire. The documentary 'In Search of Illumination' is narrated by Abdorrahim Jafari and reviews different periods of his life and his activities in the Amirkabir Institute.

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Cast

A
Abdolrahim Jafari Himself
M
Mohammadreza Jafari Himself
S
Simin Behbahani Herself
B
Bahman Farzaneh Himself
P
Poori Soltani Herself
L
Lili Golestan Herself Ebrahim Haghighi Himself
A
Ali Dehbashi Himself

Crew

Director
Mehrdad Sheikhan
Writer
Mehrdad Sheikhan
Editor
Arash Zahedi Asl, Mahmoud Yarmohammadlou
Producer
Mehrdad Sheikhan

Details

Original title
در جستجوی صبح
Release date
2014-07-01
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
FA
Spoken languages
Persian