In Search of Illumination

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 1, 2014

Original language

Persian

Spoken languages

Persian

Cast

Ebrahim Haghighi,Poori Soltani,Ali Dehbashi,Bahman Farzaneh,Simin Behbahani,Abdolrahim Jafari,Mohammadreza Jafari,Lili Golestan

Director

Mehrdad Sheikhan

Writer

Mehrdad Sheikhan

Producer

Mehrdad Sheikhan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt27259784