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. With its universal themes and fascinating narrative knots, CLOSE-UP — one of Kiarostami’s most radical, brilliant works — has resonated with viewers around the world.
Screening as part of PANAHI & KIAROSTAMI: TWO MASTERS
Previously screened as part of Abbas Kiarostami: A Retrospective and In the Time of Kiarostami: Writings on Iranian Cinema
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