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★ 8.0/10•1990•1h 38m•NR•Crime•Drama

A real-life situation based on a real incident in actual locations with actual people involved.

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.

Abbas Kiarostami · Writer

Abbas Kiarostami · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 38m
LanguageFA
Release DateMay 9, 1990

Actors

Hossain Sabzian

Hossain Sabzian

Hossain Sabzian

Monoochehr Ahankhah

Monoochehr Ahankhah

Mahrokh Ahankhah

Mahrokh Ahankhah

Abolfazl Ahankhah

Abolfazl Ahankhah

Mehrdad Ahankhah

Mehrdad Ahankhah

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Hossain Farazmand

Reporter

Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni

Family Friend

Hooshang Shamaei

Taxi Driver

Mohammad Ali Barrati

Soldier

Davood Goodarzi

Sergeant

Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi

Judge

Hassan Komaili

Court Recorder

Davood Mohabbat

Court Recorder

Hassan Farazmand

Hassan Farazmand

Hushang Shahai

Hushang Shahai

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