Close-Up
A charismatic imposter sets out to convince a family he’s the famed director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, only to find his deception thrust into a courtroom where truth, art, and identity collide with life‑changing consequences.
“A real-life situation based on a real incident in actual locations with actual people involved.”
Synopsis
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 multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.
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- Hossain Sabzianas Hossain Sabzian (Bazigar)
- Mohsen Makhmalbafas Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Kargardan)
- Abolfazl Ahankhahas Abolfazl Ahankhah (Pedar-e Khanevadeh)
- Mehrdad Ahankhahas Mehrdad Ahankhah (Pesar-e Ahankhah)
- Nayer Mohseni Zonoozias Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi (Hamsar-e Ahankhah)
- Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohsenias Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni (Doost-e Ahankhah)
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Edited by Abbas KiarostamiShot by Ali Reza ZarrindastScored by Kambiz Roshanravan
Also known as
- Close-Upde
- Nema-ye Nazdikde
- Close Upen
- Close-Upen
- Nema-ye Nazdiken
- Close-Upes
- Close-upfr
- Close Upit
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Cast & Crew
14 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Hossain Sabzian
as Hossain Sabzian (Bazigar)
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
as Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Kargardan)
Abolfazl Ahankhah
as Abolfazl Ahankhah (Pedar-e Khanevadeh)
Mehrdad Ahankhah
as Mehrdad Ahankhah (Pesar-e Ahankhah)
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
as Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi (Hamsar-e Ahankhah)
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni
as Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni (Doost-e Ahankhah)
Hossain Farazmand
as Reporter
Mahrokh Ahankhah
as Self
Monoochehr Ahankhah
as Self
Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi
as Judge
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