Close-Up (1990 film)

Close-Up
DVD cover
کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک
Directed byAbbas Kiarostami
Written byAbbas Kiarostami
Produced byAli Reza Zarrin
StarringHossain Sabzian
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
CinematographyAli Reza Zarrindast
Edited byAbbas Kiarostami
Production
company
Distributed byCelluloid Dreams
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
98 min.
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
Close Up (1990)

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 the real-life trial of a man who impersonated film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, conning a family into believing they would star in his new film.[1] It features the people involved, acting as themselves. A film about human identity, it helped to increase recognition of Kiarostami internationally.

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".[2] In the 2022 Sight and Sound critics' poll, it was rated the 17th greatest film of all time.

  1. ^ "DVD of the Week: Close-Up". The New Yorker.
  2. ^ "The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.