: Kiarostami read about the case in a magazine and immediately abandoned his current project to document it.
: The film is based on the true story of Hossain Sabzian , an unemployed man who was arrested after impersonating the famous Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf to deceive a wealthy family.
: The film is a "docufiction" that blends actual footage from Sabzian’s trial with dramatic re-enactments performed by the real people involved in the original case—including Sabzian, the Ahankhah family he deceived, and the real Makhmalbaf. Abbas Kiarostami, Close-Up, Nema-ye Nazdik, 1990.
: Kiarostami read about the case in a magazine and immediately abandoned his current project to document it.
: The film is based on the true story of Hossain Sabzian , an unemployed man who was arrested after impersonating the famous Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf to deceive a wealthy family.
: The film is a "docufiction" that blends actual footage from Sabzian’s trial with dramatic re-enactments performed by the real people involved in the original case—including Sabzian, the Ahankhah family he deceived, and the real Makhmalbaf. Abbas Kiarostami, Close-Up, Nema-ye Nazdik, 1990.