Close-Up (1990)
Close-Up (1990)
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Plot.
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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Currently Close-Up is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
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Cast & Crew.
Hossain Sabzian
Hossain Sabzian (Bazigar)
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Kargardan)
Abolfazl Ahankhah
Abolfazl Ahankhah (Pedar-e Khanevadeh)
Mehrdad Ahankhah
Mehrdad Ahankhah (Pesar-e Ahankhah)
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi (Hamsar-e Ahankhah)
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni (Doost-e Ahankhah)
Hossain Farazmand
Reporter
Hooshang Shamaei
Taxi Driver
Mahrokh Ahankhah
Self
Mohammad Ali Barrati
Soldier
Monoochehr Ahankhah
Self
Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi
Judge
Davood Goodarzi
Sergeant
Abbas Kiarostami
Director
Hassan Komaili
Court Recorder
Davood Mohabbat
Court Recorder
Hassan Aghakarimi
Producer
Ali Reza Zarrindast
Cinematographer
Hassan Farazmand
Self
Hushang Shahai
Self
Ali Reza Zarrin
Executive Producer
Ahmad Asgari
Sound
Jahangir Mirshekari
Sound
Hassan Zahedi
Sound
Mohammad Haghighi
Sound
Farima Zand-Pour
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 9, 1990
Original Nameکلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
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Wiki.
Close-Up (Persian: کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک, Klūzāp, nemā-ye nazdīk) is a 1990 Iranian docufiction written, directed and edited by Abbas Kiarostami. The film tells the story of the real-life trial of a man who impersonated film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, conning a family into believing they would star in his new film. It features the people involved, acting as themselves. A film about human identity, it helped to increase recognition of Kiarostami internationally.
Many critics consider Close-Up one of the greatest films of all time; in the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, it was voted by critics one of "The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time" list. In the 2022 Sight and Sound critics' poll it was rated the 17th greatest film of all time.
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