Close-up
Dir: Abbas Kiarostami
Iran, 1990, 102minmins, 35mm
Cast: Hossein Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
In one of Kiarostami’s most admired fusions of documentary and fiction, we enter the multi-layered story of Sabzian. This real-life, unemployed young man impersonated the famous Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and even convinced a family that they would star in his next film. When caught, Kiarostami’s crew begins documenting his trial, and in parallel, restages the previous events of Sabzian’s charade with all the original participants in the playing themselves. A landmark piece of meta-cinema exploring the nature of truth and identity.
1990 Montreal Festival of New Cinema, Best Film
1992 Istanbul International Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize
21/03/2017(Tue): Post-screening talk with Ernest Chan
Further reading:
‘Close-up, From The Reality of Illusion: Abbas Kiarostami (The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Limited, 2011)
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
2017-01-14 (Sat)
16:452017-03-21 (Tue)
19:30
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
CINE FAN ONLINE
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction
Remarks
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