Close-Up
Produced in 1990
Film Information
Festival Edition 2000 - Edition 4
Section Official Selection
Director Abbas Kiarostami
Country Iran
Duration 90 mins
Language Persian
Category Selection 2000
Producer Institute For The Intellectual Development Of Children And Young Adults
Screenplay Abbas Kiarostami
Cast Ali Sabzian, Hassan Farazmand, Abdolali Ahankhah, Mohsen Makhmalbaf (as himself)
Genre Drama
Synopsis
A young man introduces himself as Mohsen Makhmalbaf (the celebrated Iranian film director) and, under the pretext of working on a film project and looking for interesting locations, enters the life of a family. The father of the family, who is suspicious of the man's claims, starts investigating about him and finally gets the fake filmmaker arrested.
Close-Up
1990