Close-Up
1990 · Movie · NR · 98 min · ★ 7.9 · 90% critics
A man is arrested after allegedly posing as a famous filmmaker to win the trust of a well-off family. Blending real court footage with reenactments performed by the people involved, the film explores how truth and performance overlap, and how art, status, and self-image can shape everyday life.
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Details
- Original title
- کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-05-09
- Language
- FA
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (450 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like intimate, reality-blurring dramas that raise questions about truth, empathy, and identity; Not for you if you want fast pacing or clear answers, like in Unsolved Mysteries.
Pros: gripping courtroom exchanges; thought-provoking identity themes; feels strikingly real | Cons: slow, talk-heavy pacing; ambiguity may frustrate; low on spectacle
Themes
- movie business
- teheran (tehran), iran
- reenactment
- filmmaker
- understated
- dignified
Cast & crew
Hossain Sabzian
as Self
- MA
Monoochehr Ahankhah
as Self
- MA
Mahrokh Ahankhah
as Self
- AA
Abolfazl Ahankhah
as Self
- MA
Mehrdad Ahankhah
as Self
- NZ
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
as Self
- HF
Hossain Farazmand
as Reporter
- AM
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni
as Family Friend
- HS
Hooshang Shamaei
as Taxi Driver
- MB
Mohammad Ali Barrati
as Soldier
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami