Close-Up

In this thought-provoking and deeply human film, a young man named Hossain Sabzian is arrested for impersonating the famous Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Through a series of encounters with the real people involved in the case, including Sabzian himself, director Abbas Kiarostami crafts a complex and multi-layered exploration of identity, artistic creation, and the power of cinema. As the boundaries between reality and fiction blur, we are left to ponder the true meaning of authenticity and the role that storytelling plays in our lives.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Close-Up include The Silence of the Lambs, The Usual Suspects, Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale, Heat, Casino.