Close-Up

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.