Close-Up
“A real-life situation based on a real incident in actual locations with actual people involved.”
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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 stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.
Cast
Hossain Sabzian·Self
Monoochehr Ahankhah·Self
Mahrokh Ahankhah·Self
Abolfazl Ahankhah·Self
Mehrdad Ahankhah·Self
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi·Self
Hossain Farazmand·Reporter
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni·Family Friend
Hooshang Shamaei·Taxi Driver
Mohammad Ali Barrati·Soldier
Average shot length
19.4s per shot
Abbas Kiarostami's career average is 17.4s across 10 measured films —see the full picture.