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Close-Up (1990) [NR]

Featuring:
Hossain Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abolfazl Ahankhah

Written by:
Abbas Kiarostami

Directed by:
Abbas Kiarostami


Release Date:
May 9, 1990

Original Title:
کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک

Alternate Titles:
Close-Up
Close-up
Kelozap
Nema-ye Nazdik
Primer plano
کلوزآپ
کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک
클로즈 업
클로즈-업
클로즈업

Genres:
Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
Kanoon

Production Countries:
Iran

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U  US: NR 

Runtime: 98

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Overview from Open Movies

Pretending to be Mohsen Makhmalbaf making his next movie, Hossain Sabzian enters the home of a well-to-do family in Tehran, promising it a prominent part in his next movie. The actual people involved in the incident re-enact the actual events, followed by the footage from the actual trial that took place.

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Close-Up (1990) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes 89%
Metacritic 92/100
Awards Won: 2 wins & 2 nominations

British Film Institute (BFI)
2012
#42		 Critics' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#37		 Directors' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2014
#37		 Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Documentaries of All Time

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Production

Director:
Abbas Kiarostami

Director of Photography:
Ali Reza Zarrindast

Editor:
Abbas Kiarostami

Executive Producer:
Ali Reza Zarrin

Makeup Artist:
Farima Zand-Pour

Producer:
Hassan Aghakarimi

Sound:
Mohammad Haghighi
Jahangir Mirshekari
Hassan Zahedi
Ahmad Asgari

Writer:
Abbas Kiarostami

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