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Nema-ye nazdik
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
1990
98 min
Top 10
Tickets & Times
Synopsis

Hossein Sabzian is a fanatical film buff who deceives a family into believing he is the popular Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. He promises to give the eldest son a leading role in his next film and discusses with the husband which trees should be removed in order to get better shots of the house.

At first, the family is pleased to meet the man and they feel honored by his attention, but they eventually grow suspicious. A journalist friend exposes the lie and the police arrest Hossein Sabzian for fraud.

Just as reality and film are jumbled in Hossein Sabzian’s life, Close-up is set on the border between fiction and documentary. The film includes footage of the impostor’s trial and dramatizations of the events leading up to it. Because all the characters play themselves, it is hard to tell where reality ends and fiction begins.

Director Abbas Kiarostami’s style of filming keeps up constantly aware of the presence of the camera and its influence on what is unfolding before us. The boundary between film and reality, between fiction and documentary, is blurrier than we sometimes think.

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Tickets & Times
Fri, november 15
Free with Cineville. More info at idfa.nl/cineville
18:30 – 20:14
Het Documentaire Paviljoen: De Spiegel
Film fully subtitled in English

Thu, november 21
15:30 – 17:12
Pathé City 7
Film fully subtitled in English
Credits
98 min
color
DCP
Spoken languages: Persian
Director
    Abbas Kiarostami
    Abbas Kiarostami
Production
    The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults,
    Kanoon Film
    The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults,
    Kanoon Film
Executive producer
    Ali Reza Zarrin
    Ali Reza Zarrin
Cinematography
    Ali Reza Zarrindast
    Ali Reza Zarrindast
Editing
    Abbas Kiarostami
    Abbas Kiarostami
Sound
    Ahmad Asgari,
    Mahammad Haghighi
    Ahmad Asgari,
    Mahammad Haghighi
Screenplay
    Abbas Kiarostami
    Abbas Kiarostami
World Sales
    Tamasa Distribution
    Tamasa Distribution
Screening copy
    Tamasa Distribution
    Tamasa Distribution
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