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Iranian doc on French Orientalist De Fouchecour completed
TEHRAN, Sept.20(MNA) -- “Majnun”, an Iranian documentary about French Orientalist and Hafez expert Charles-Henri de Fouchecour has recently been completed.
A copy of the film will soon be submitted to the producer, Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) director Mohammad-Ali Farsi told on Monday.
He also plans to give copies of the film to some experts in order to obtain their assessments of the film.
“I will most likely make alterations to the 57-minute documentary based on the experts’ assessments,” he said.
He said that only 20 percent of the rushes were used to complete the documentary. “The rest of the dailies will be archived for possible upcoming use,” Farsi added.
“Majnun” is part 2 of a trilogy, which has been planned to spotlight three prominent Western Orientalists.
“The Lost Truth” is part 1 of the trilogy. It is about English writer Edward Fitzgerald, who is best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
The last part will focus on English Orientalist R.A. Nicholson, translator of Rumi’s works.
“‘Majnun’ is of higher quality than is ‘The Lost Truth’” Farsi stated.
Shooting of the documentary began in September 2010. Farsi’s crew made three trips to France for making the documentary.
De Fouchecour is famous for his translation of the Divan of Hafez. He served as the director of the Iranology Department of l’Institut Français in Tehran from 1975-1979.
From 1972 to 1985, he also held the chair of Persian at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris.
From 1985 to 1993, he was a professor at the New Sorbonne University and director of its Institut d’Etudes Iraniennes. He is now professor emeritus at this university.
His work in the field of classical Persian literature is vast. He was the founder and director of Abstracta Iranica, a bibliographical and critical review of Iranian studies.
He has published about 50 articles on Persian literature.
A copy of the film will soon be submitted to the producer, Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) director Mohammad-Ali Farsi told on Monday.
He also plans to give copies of the film to some experts in order to obtain their assessments of the film.
“I will most likely make alterations to the 57-minute documentary based on the experts’ assessments,” he said.
He said that only 20 percent of the rushes were used to complete the documentary. “The rest of the dailies will be archived for possible upcoming use,” Farsi added.
“Majnun” is part 2 of a trilogy, which has been planned to spotlight three prominent Western Orientalists.
“The Lost Truth” is part 1 of the trilogy. It is about English writer Edward Fitzgerald, who is best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
The last part will focus on English Orientalist R.A. Nicholson, translator of Rumi’s works.
“‘Majnun’ is of higher quality than is ‘The Lost Truth’” Farsi stated.
Shooting of the documentary began in September 2010. Farsi’s crew made three trips to France for making the documentary.
De Fouchecour is famous for his translation of the Divan of Hafez. He served as the director of the Iranology Department of l’Institut Français in Tehran from 1975-1979.
From 1972 to 1985, he also held the chair of Persian at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris.
From 1985 to 1993, he was a professor at the New Sorbonne University and director of its Institut d’Etudes Iraniennes. He is now professor emeritus at this university.
His work in the field of classical Persian literature is vast. He was the founder and director of Abstracta Iranica, a bibliographical and critical review of Iranian studies.
He has published about 50 articles on Persian literature.
