TEHRAN – Iranian director Ebrahim Foruzesh plans to make a TV series based on stories by Iranian children’s book writer Hushang Moradi Kermani.
Entitled “Under the Light of a Candle”, the TV series is in the comedy drama genre, Foruzesh told the Persian service of ISNA on Saturday.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in late summer, he added.
The 15-part episodic series will be broadcast from Channel 2 of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
Foruzesh has previously directed “The Big Clay Jar” based on a story of the same name by Moradi Kermani.
Kiumars Purahmad also directed the popular TV series “The Majid Stories” based on Moradi Kermani’s collection of the same name.
“Mum’s Guest” directed by Dariush Mehrjuii and “The Boots” by Mohammad-Ali Talebi are other film adaptations of Moradi Kermani’s stories.
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