Close-Up (1990-02-01)

Crime | Drama |

7.955

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.

Directed By: Abbas Kiarostami

Star Cast: Hossain Sabzian , Monoochehr Ahankhah , Mahrokh Ahankhah , Abolfazl Ahankhah ,

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Status: Released
Runtime: 98m
Popularity: 3.5485
Language: fa

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Vote Average: 7.955
Vote Count: 433

Keywords

movie business teheran (tehran), iran reenactment filmmaker understated dignified

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Hossain Sabzian

Hossain Sabzian

Self

Monoochehr Ahankhah

Monoochehr Ahankhah

Self

Mahrokh Ahankhah

Mahrokh Ahankhah

Self

Abolfazl Ahankhah

Abolfazl Ahankhah

Self

Mehrdad Ahankhah

Mehrdad Ahankhah

Self

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Self

Hossain Farazmand

Hossain Farazmand

Reporter

Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni

Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni

Family Friend

Hooshang Shamaei

Hooshang Shamaei

Taxi Driver

Mohammad Ali Barrati

Mohammad Ali Barrati

Soldier

Davood Goodarzi

Davood Goodarzi

Sergeant

Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi

Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi

Judge

Hassan Komaili

Hassan Komaili

Court Recorder

Davood Mohabbat

Davood Mohabbat

Court Recorder

Hassan Farazmand

Hassan Farazmand

Self

Hushang Shahai

Hushang Shahai

Self

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Self

Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami

Self