Principal cast
Hossain Sabzian, Monoochehr Ahankhah, Mahrokh Ahankhah, Abolfazl Ahankhah and Mehrdad Ahankhah
Film 111 of 498 on the Screen Path
Close-Up
A real-life situation based on a real incident in actual locations with actual people involved.
About the film
Close-Up at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1989 film at stop 111 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Ali Reza Zarrindast (director of photography) and Abbas Kiarostami (editor)
- Director
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Release
- 1990-05-09
- Runtime
- 98 minutes
- Genres
- Crime and Drama
- Country
- Iran
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
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After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
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Quiz yourself
Answer 50 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
50 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Hossain SabzianCharacter: Self
- Monoochehr AhankhahCharacter: Self
- Mahrokh AhankhahCharacter: Self
- Abolfazl AhankhahCharacter: Self
- Mehrdad AhankhahCharacter: Self
- Nayer Mohseni ZonooziCharacter: Self
- Hossain FarazmandCharacter: Reporter
- Ahmad Reza Moayed MohseniCharacter: Family Friend
- Hooshang ShamaeiCharacter: Taxi Driver
- Mohammad Ali BarratiCharacter: Soldier
- Davood GoodarziCharacter: Sergeant
- Haj Ali Reza AhmadiCharacter: Judge
Full crew
Full crew
- Abbas KiarostamiCredits: Writer, Director, Editor
- Ali Reza ZarrinCredits: Executive Producer
- Ali Reza ZarrindastCredits: Director of Photography
- Hassan ZahediCredits: Sound
- Hassan AghakarimiCredits: Producer, Production Manager
- Jahangir MirshekariCredits: Sound
- Ahmad AskariCredits: Sound
- Farima Zand-PourCredits: Makeup Artist
- Mohammad HaghighiCredits: Sound
- Kambiz RoshanravanCredits: Music
- Ali Reza MirzaeiCredits: Camera Operator
- Nasser AnsariCredits: Title Designer
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