Close-Up (1990)

Name: Close-Up
Released: 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.

Genres: Crime, Drama

What to watch after Close-Up

Where Is the Friend's House? (1987) — Abbas Kiarostami directed both
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) — Same feel: reflective, philosophical
Certified Copy (2010) — Same feel: reflective, philosophical
Mr. Muhsin (1987)
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003) — Same feel: complex, thought-provoking
Hamoun (1990)