Close-Up
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Close-Up is a critically acclaimed 1990 Iranian docufiction film by Abbas Kiarostami that blends documentary and narrative techniques to explore identity, truth, and the nature of cinema.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian film
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docufiction film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | real-life case of Hossein Sabzian impersonating filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ali Reza Zarrindast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Abbas Kiarostami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Cannes Film Festival (international exposure) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Abbas Kiarostami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Hossein Sabzian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmTechnique |
non-professional actors playing themselves
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re-enactment of real events ⓘ use of courtroom footage ⓘ |
| genre |
docufiction
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drama film ⓘ metafilm ⓘ |
| hasFilmStructure | nonlinear ⓘ |
| hasFilmStyle |
minimalist
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self-reflexive ⓘ |
| includedIn | many critics' lists of the greatest films of all time ⓘ |
| influenced | later docufiction and essay films ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cinema
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fraud ⓘ identity ⓘ impersonation ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | blend of documentary and fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Persian ⓘ |
| portrays | Iranian society in the late 1980s ⓘ |
| producedBy | Ali Reza Zarrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
key work of world cinema
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landmark of Iranian cinema ⓘ one of Abbas Kiarostami's major works ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 98 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Abbas Kiarostami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sectionScreenedAtCannes | Un Certain Regard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Hossein Sabzian
NERFINISHED
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf NERFINISHED ⓘ the Ahankhah family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
blurred boundary between reality and fiction
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ethics of representation ⓘ power of cinema ⓘ social class in Iran ⓘ |
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