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Film details
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Featuring
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Country
Iran
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Year
1989
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Genre
Documentary drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- Namayeh Nazdik Original Farsi
- Namay-E-Nazdik Alternative Farsi
- Nemaye Nazdik Alternative Farsi
- Nama-ye Nazdik Alternative Farsi
Synopsis
Drama-documentary, based on the true story of an unemployed movie buff, Hossein Sabzian, who passes himself off as the celebrated movie director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, to a woman he meets on a bus. He is invited into her middle-class home and leads her family to believe that, if they finance him, they will appear in his next film. Eventually, they come to suspect he is an imposter and call the police. He ends up in jail where his trial is filmed by Kiarostami...
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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himself
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himself
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father of the family
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family son
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family son
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family daughter
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family daughter
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family friend
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the reporter
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taxi driver
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soldier
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sergeant
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judge
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court recorder
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court recorder
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himself
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Credits
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Unknown:
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Director
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Production Company
Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young People
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Executive Producer
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Production Manager
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Screenplay
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Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
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Editor
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Make-up
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Title Design
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Sound
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Sound
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Sound (In Court)
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Sound (In Court)
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Sound Editor
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Sound/Vision
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