Close-Up

Close-Up

1990-05-09 Iran 98 Min. PG-13
7.9 399 votes

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.

Cast

Hossain Sabzian is Self
Hossain Sabzian
Self
Monoochehr Ahankhah is Self
Monoochehr Ahankhah
Self
Mahrokh Ahankhah is Self
Mahrokh Ahankhah
Self
Abolfazl Ahankhah is Self
Abolfazl Ahankhah
Self
Mehrdad Ahankhah is Self
Mehrdad Ahankhah
Self
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi is Self
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
Self
Hossain Farazmand is Reporter
Hossain Farazmand
Reporter
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni is Family Friend
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni
Family Friend
Hooshang Shamaei is Taxi Driver
Hooshang Shamaei
Taxi Driver
Mohammad Ali Barrati is Soldier
Mohammad Ali Barrati
Soldier
Davood Goodarzi is Sergeant
Davood Goodarzi
Sergeant
Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi is Judge
Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi
Judge