Movie
Close-Up
A real-life situation based on a real incident in actual locations with actual people involved.
19901h 38m★ 8.0CrimeDrama
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.
Director
- Abbas Kiarostami
Writers
- Abbas Kiarostami
Producers
- Ali Reza Zarrin · Executive Producer
- Hassan Aghakarimi
Where to watch
Region: US · via JustWatch / TMDBStream
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Top cast
Hossain Sabzian
Self
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Monoochehr Ahankhah
Self
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Mahrokh Ahankhah
Self
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Abolfazl Ahankhah
Self
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Mehrdad Ahankhah
Self
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Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
Self
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Hossain Farazmand
Reporter
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Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni
Family Friend
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Hooshang Shamaei
Taxi Driver
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Mohammad Ali Barrati
Soldier
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Davood Goodarzi
Sergeant
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Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi
Judge
