Close-Up
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.
At a glance
Countries
Iran
Ratings
TMDB users
7.9/10
448 votes
Rating consensus
79/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~79/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
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
Davood Goodarzi
Sergeant
Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi
Judge
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