
Close-Up
Sunday, July 28 - Tuesday, August 13, 2019
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. With its universal themes and fascinating narrative knots, CLOSE-UP — one of Kiarostami’s most radical, brilliant works — has resonated with viewers around the world.
Screening as part of Abbas Kiarostami: A Retrospective, Fri Jul 26 through Thu Aug 15.
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- Language In Persian/Farsi with English subtitles.
- Year 1990
- Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil
- Running Time 98 minutes
- Director Abbas Kiarostami