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کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک
(1990)
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.
9 Kinolab Clips
Opening Sequence
Journalist Hossain Farazmand (Hossain Farazmand) tells a taxi driver (Hooshang Shamaei) about the arrest he has planned for his upcoming article.
Duration: 00:07:39
Timestamp: 00:00:20
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The Can
Two police officers chat with the taxi driver (Hooshang Shamaei) before going to arrest the suspect, and Hossain Farazmand (Hossain Farazmand) searches for a tape recorder.
Duration: 00:08:37
Timestamp: 00:07:58
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
All the Facts
The Ahankhah family discusses their dislike of the Farazmand (Hossain Farazmand) article wrote about them and Hossain Sabzian (Hossain Sabzian).
Duration: 00:02:36
Timestamp: 00:18:56
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
A Film About My Suffering
Abbas Kiarostami (Abbas Kiarostami) visits Hossain Sabzian (Hossain Sabzian) in prison.
Duration: 00:03:31
Timestamp: 00:21:31
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Scene 1, Shot 1
The trial between Sabzian (Hossain Sabzian) and the Ahankhah family begins, with Kiarostami (Abbas Kiarostami) filming.
Duration: 00:04:14
Timestamp: 00:27:52
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
"The Cyclist"
Mahrokh Ahankhah (Mahrokh Ahankhah) strikes up a conversion on the bus with Sabzian (Hossain Sabzian), who pretends to be director Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
Duration: 00:05:27
Timestamp: 00:32:04
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Uncovering the True Face
Abolfazl Ahankhah (Abolfazl Ahankhah) suspects Sabzian (Hossain Sabzian) of being an imposter, and arranges for a journalist (Hossain Farazmand) to come arrest him.
Duration: 00:14:41
Timestamp: 00:55:26
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Final Arguments
The judge (Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi) asks the Ahankhah family if they'd be willing to pardon Sabzian (Hossain Sabzian).
Duration: 00:02:31
Timestamp: 01:26:06
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Closing Sequence
The real Makhmalbaf (Mohsen Makhmalbaf) picks up Sabzian (Hossain Sabzian) and gives him a ride to the Ahankhah residence.
Duration: 00:07:18
Timestamp: 01:28:36
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza