Close-Up (1990)
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.
- Released
- 1990-05-09
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Abbas Kiarostami
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 474 votes
Cast
- Hossain Sabzian as Hossain Sabzian
- Monoochehr Ahankhah as Monoochehr Ahankhah
- Mahrokh Ahankhah as Mahrokh Ahankhah
- Abolfazl Ahankhah as Abolfazl Ahankhah
- Mehrdad Ahankhah as Mehrdad Ahankhah
- Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi as Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
- Hossain Farazmand as Reporter
- Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni as Family Friend
- Hooshang Shamaei as Taxi Driver
- Mohammad Ali Barrati as Soldier
- Davood Goodarzi as Sergeant
- Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi as Judge
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