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Movie·1990·1h 38m

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A real-life situation based on a real incident in actual locations with actual people involved.

Country

Iran

Language

Azerbaijani

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The Story

Original title: کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک

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.

Producer

Ali Reza Zarrin, Hassan Aghakarimi

Cinematography

Ali Reza Zarrindast

Editor

Abbas Kiarostami

Themes

movie businessteheran (tehran), iranreenactmentfilmmakerunderstateddignified

Production House

Kanoon

Audience Score

79%

448 votes

Skip6%
Timepass14%
Go for it37%
Perfection43%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Hossain Sabzian

Hossain Sabzian

Self

Monoochehr Ahankhah

Self

Mahrokh Ahankhah

Self

Abolfazl Ahankhah

Self

Mehrdad Ahankhah

Self

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Self

Hossain Farazmand

Reporter

Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni

Family Friend

Hooshang Shamaei

Taxi Driver

Mohammad Ali Barrati

Soldier

Davood Goodarzi

Sergeant

Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi

Judge

Hassan Komaili

Court Recorder

Davood Mohabbat

Court Recorder

Hassan Farazmand

Self

Hushang Shahai

Self

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Self

Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami

Self

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Crew

Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami

Writer, Director, Editor

Ali Reza Zarrin

Executive Producer

Ali Reza Zarrindast

Ali Reza Zarrindast

Director of Photography

Hassan Aghakarimi

Producer

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