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Nema-ye Nazdik (1990)
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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Abbas Kiarostami (writer)
Release Date:
30 October 1991 (France) more
Plot:
Pretending to be Mohsen Makhmalbaf making his next movie, Ali Sabzian enters a well-to-do family in Teheran... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
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Kiarostami Captivates more (15 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | ... | Himself |
| Abolfazl Ahankhah | ... | Himself |
| Mehrdad Ahankhah | ... | Himself |
| Monoochehr Ahankhah | ... | Himself |
| Mahrokh Ahankhah | ... | Herself |
| Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi | ... | Herself |
| Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni | ... | Family Friend |
| Hossain Farazmand | ... | Reporter |
| Hooshang Shamaei | ... | Taxi Driver |
| Mohammad Ali Barrati | ... | Soldier |
| Davood Goodarzi | ... | Sergeant |
| Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi | ... | Judge |
| Hassan Komaili | ... | Court Recorder |
| Davood Mohabbat | ... | Court Recorder |
| Abbas Kiarostami | ... | Himself (voice) |
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Also Known As:
Close Up
Close-Up (International: English title)
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Argentina:90 min | USA:100 min
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Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 1991 (#05). more
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Featured in Il giorno della prima di Close Up (1996) more
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One day on a bus, an out of work father of two is mistaken for Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a famous Iranian filmmaker. He carries through with the ruse until he gets caught, and the family takes him to court, accusing him of fraud. The story is told through layers of flashback and shifting points of view. The look of the film is just as dynamic, using all sorts of film techniques - handheld, grainy 16 mm stock, the subtle use of shifting focus, and the all important close-up.
People tend to say that Abbas Kiarostami's style is a dead-crawl pace coupled with dry documentary images, but I've found his films to be wonderfully unravelling puzzles, full of frustrations and moments of perfect understanding. At times I think the key to Kiarostami's work is to simply earn it - the film may seem hard at first, you might be lost in the story, but don't give up! If you hang in there, you'll be rewarded with an unforgettable ending, like the one here in Close-up.