Close-Up
A real-life situation based on a real incident in actual locations with actual people involved.
8.0
458 votes
1990
1h 38m
Crime
Drama
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
Top cast
Hossain Sabzian
SelfM
Monoochehr Ahankhah
SelfM
Mahrokh Ahankhah
SelfA
Abolfazl Ahankhah
SelfM
Mehrdad Ahankhah
SelfN
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
SelfH
Hossain Farazmand
ReporterA
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni
Family FriendH
Hooshang Shamaei
Taxi DriverM
Mohammad Ali Barrati
SoldierD
Davood Goodarzi
SergeantH
Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi
JudgeH
Hassan Komaili
Court RecorderD
Davood Mohabbat
Court RecorderH
Hassan Farazmand
SelfH
Hushang Shahai
Self
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Self
Abbas Kiarostami
SelfDetails
Status
Released
Release date
May 9, 1990
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Azerbaijani, Persian
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