| The Green Journey | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Family |
| Written by | Hossein Pakdel |
| Directed by | Mohammad Hossein Latifi |
| Starring | Parsa Pirouzfar Mohammad Reza Sharifinia Amin Tarokh Sara Khoeniha Hasan Pourshirazi Gohar Kheirandish |
| Theme music composer | Karen Homayunfar |
| Country of origin | Iran |
| Original language | Persian |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Majid Ouji |
| Running time | 675 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | IRIB TV3 |
| Release | 2001 – 2016 |
The Green Journey (Persian :سفر سبز Safar-e Sabz) is a 2001 Iranian drama TV series directed by Mohammad Hossein Latifi.[1] The cast includes Parsa Pirouzfar, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Amin Tarokh, Sara Khoeniha and Gohar Kheirandish.
The Green Journey was aired in 15 episodes in 2001.
IRIB's Channel 3 broadcast the TV series in 2001, 2012 and 2016.[2] It was also broadcast by the Iranian entertainment network iFilm in 2012.
The story is about an Iranian born young man, who was adopted as an infant by a German couple and returns to Iran in order to find his birth mother. The narrative was partly inspired by the real life background of the Swedish Iranian Ashk Dahlén.[3]
The Green Journey is one of the most popular television series that has been produced in Iran.[4] According to statistics from IRIB, The Green Journey was well received by the viewers of whom the majority were women (67%) or youths (88%).[5]
The series has been praised by critics for its realistic way of portraying sensitive social issues and for its positive portrayal of Iranian adherents to Christianity.[6] This aspect was also the subject of severe criticism from some critics who complained that Muslims and the mosque were portrayed in a negative manner in contrast to Armenians who were portrayed as truthful and devotional and churches that were represented as pure and holy places of worship.[7]