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Close-Up

Film · 1990

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.

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The people who made it

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Behind the camera

  1. Abbas Kiarostamiwriter · director · editor
  2. Ali Reza Zarrinexecutive producer
  3. Ali Reza Zarrindastcinematographer
  4. Kambiz Roshanravancomposer
  5. Hassan Aghakarimiproducer

On screen

  1. Abolfazl Ahankhahlead actor
  2. Hossain Sabzianlead actor
  3. Mahrokh Ahankhahlead actor
  4. Monoochehr Ahankhahlead actor
  5. Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohsenisupporting actor
  6. Davood Goodarzisupporting actor
  7. Hooshang Shamaeisupporting actor
  8. Hossain Farazmandsupporting actor
  9. Mehrdad Ahankhahsupporting actor
  10. Mohammad Ali Barratisupporting actor
  11. Nayer Mohseni Zonoozisupporting actor
  12. Abbas Kiarostamiguest actor
  13. Davood Mohabbatguest actor
  14. Hassan Farazmandguest actor
  15. Hassan Komailiguest actor
  16. Hushang Shahaiguest actor
  17. Haj Ali Reza Ahmadiguest actor
  18. Mohsen Makhmalbafguest actor
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From the people who made Close-Up

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  1. Where Is The Friend's House?1987 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  2. Life, and Nothing More…1992 · FilmStrong· 2 shared
  3. Taste of Cherry1997 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  4. Ten2002 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  5. Through the Olive Trees1995 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  6. The Wind Will Carry Us1999 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  7. Like Someone in Love2012 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  8. Certified Copy2010 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  9. Crimson Gold2003 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  10. The White Balloon1995 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  11. Lumière & Company1995 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  12. To Each His Own Cinema2007 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
  13. Kurosawa's Way2011 · FilmStrong· 1 shared
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Through the cast

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  1. A Moment of InnocenceMohsen Makhmalbaf1997 · FilmNotable· 1 shared
  2. KandaharMohsen Makhmalbaf2001 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  3. OsamaMohsen Makhmalbaf2004 · FilmFaint· 1 shared
  4. September 11Mohsen Makhmalbaf2002 · FilmFaint· 1 shared

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