Close-Up

7.9 1990 Abbas Kiarostami 1h 38m
Crime Drama
Close-Up

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 whi

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

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Vibes

Curious Emotional Mind Bending Deeply Moving Critic Favorite

Double Feature Pairings

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