Close-Up (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.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
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Hossain Sabzian as Self |
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Monoochehr Ahankhah as Self |
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Mahrokh Ahankhah as Self |
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Abolfazl Ahankhah as Self |
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Mehrdad Ahankhah as Self |
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Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi as Self |
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Hossain Farazmand as Reporter |
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Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni as Family Friend |
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Hooshang Shamaei as Taxi Driver |
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Mohammad Ali Barrati as Soldier |
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Davood Goodarzi as Sergeant |
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Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi as Judge |
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Hassan Komaili as Court Recorder |
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Davood Mohabbat as Court Recorder |
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Hassan Farazmand as Self |
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Hushang Shahai as Self |
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf as Self |
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Abbas Kiarostami as Self |
| Directing | Abbas Kiarostami | Director |
| Writing | Abbas Kiarostami | Writer |
| Production | Ali Reza Zarrin | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Abbas Kiarostami | Editor |
| Camera | Ali Reza Zarrindast | Director of Photography |
| Production | Hassan Aghakarimi | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Farima Zand-Pour | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Ahmad Asgari | Sound |
| Sound | Mohammad Haghighi | Sound |
| Sound | Jahangir Mirshekari | Sound |
| Sound | Hassan Zahedi | Sound |