CinemaOSMovie · 1990 · 1h 38m · NR
Close-Up

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

80%(473)IMDbCrimeDrama

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 byAbbas Kiarostami

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 38m
Language
FA
Released
May 9, 1990
Studios
Kanoon

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Close-up (1990) Trailer | Director: Abbas Kiarostami

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Hossain Sabzian

Hossain Sabzian

Hossain Sabzian

Monoochehr Ahankhah

Monoochehr Ahankhah

Mahrokh Ahankhah

Mahrokh Ahankhah

Abolfazl Ahankhah

Abolfazl Ahankhah

Mehrdad Ahankhah

Mehrdad Ahankhah

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Hossain Farazmand

Reporter

Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni

Family Friend

Hooshang Shamaei

Taxi Driver

Mohammad Ali Barrati

Soldier

Creative team
Directed by
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami
Written by
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami
Produced by
Hassan Aghakarimi

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