Close-Up (1990)

Original title

کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک

Directed by

Abbas Kiarostami

Genre

docufiction, trial film

Country

Iran, France

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 452 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man named Hossein Sabzian poses as a famous filmmaker to trick a family into thinking they will be in his movie. The film shows the real trial and reenactments of the events with the actual people involved.

reflectivemeditativemetafictionalintimateslow-pacedcerebralpoignantcontemplative

What happens

Close-Up (Persian: کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک, Klūzāp, nemā-ye nazdīk) is a 1990 Iranian docufiction written, directed and edited by Abbas Kiarostami. The film tells the story of Hossein Sabzian, a man who impersonated film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf and conned a family into believing they would star in his new film. The director received permission to film the historic trial; with their agreement, he featured the people involved in re-enacting certain events that had preceded that. All "play" themselves. Through this work about human identity, Kiarostami gained wider international recognition. Close-Up is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time; in the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, it was voted by critics as one of "The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time". In the 2022 Sight and Sound critics' poll, it was rated the 17th greatest film of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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