Close-Up (1990)
A real-life situation based on a real incident in actual locations with actual people involved.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Hossain Sabzian
as Self
- Monoochehr Ahankhah as Self
- Mahrokh Ahankhah as Self
- Abolfazl Ahankhah as Self
- Mehrdad Ahankhah as Self
- Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi as Self
- 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
- Hassan Komaili as Court Recorder
- Davood Mohabbat as Court Recorder
- Hassan Farazmand as Self
- Hushang Shahai as Self
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf
as Self
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Abbas Kiarostami
as Self
Crew
-
Abbas Kiarostami
Director
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Ali Reza Zarrindast
Director of Photography
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Abbas Kiarostami
Editor
- Hassan Aghakarimi Producer
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Abbas Kiarostami
Writer
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