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Close-Up (1990)

Overview

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.
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Abbas Kiarostami profile
Abbas Kiarostami

Director

Cast

Hossain Sabzian profile
Hossain Sabzian

Self

Monoochehr Ahankhah profile
Monoochehr Ahankhah

Self

Mahrokh Ahankhah profile
Mahrokh Ahankhah

Self

Abolfazl Ahankhah profile
Abolfazl Ahankhah

Self

Mehrdad Ahankhah profile
Mehrdad Ahankhah

Self

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi profile
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Self

Hossain Farazmand profile
Hossain Farazmand

Reporter

Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni profile
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni

Family Friend

Hooshang Shamaei profile
Hooshang Shamaei

Taxi Driver

Mohammad Ali Barrati profile
Mohammad Ali Barrati

Soldier

Davood Goodarzi profile
Davood Goodarzi

Sergeant

Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi profile
Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi

Judge

Hossain Sabzian profile
Hossain Sabzian

Self

Monoochehr Ahankhah profile
Monoochehr Ahankhah

Self

Mahrokh Ahankhah profile
Mahrokh Ahankhah

Self

Abolfazl Ahankhah profile
Abolfazl Ahankhah

Self

Mehrdad Ahankhah profile
Mehrdad Ahankhah

Self

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi profile
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Self

Hossain Farazmand profile
Hossain Farazmand

Reporter

Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni profile
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni

Family Friend

Hooshang Shamaei profile
Hooshang Shamaei

Taxi Driver

Mohammad Ali Barrati profile
Mohammad Ali Barrati

Soldier

Davood Goodarzi profile
Davood Goodarzi

Sergeant

Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi profile
Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi

Judge

Extra

Release Date

May 9, 1990

Original Language

Azerbaijani, Persian

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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Available On

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Close-up (1990) Trailer | Director:  Abbas Kiarostami thumbnail
Close-up (1990) Trailer | Director: Abbas Kiarostami
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Close Up (1990) - With English Subtitles

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