Overview
Plot
A fiction-documentary hybrid based on the real-life arrest of a young man who impersonated filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The actual people from the case play themselves in a multilayered look at movies, identity, and existence.
- Directors
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast
- Hossain Sabzian, Monoochehr Ahankhah, Mahrokh Ahankhah, Abolfazl Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah, Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi, Hossain Farazmand, Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni, Hooshang Shamaei, Mohammad Ali Barrati, Davood Goodarzi, Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi, Hassan Komaili, Davood Mohabbat, Hassan Farazmand, Hushang Shahai, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abbas Kiarostami
- Country
- Iran
- Genre
- Crime, Drama
- Release date
- 1990-05-09
- Studios
- Kanoon
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This genre-blurring film uses the sensational true story of a young man arrested for fraudulently posing as renowned director Mohsen Makhmalbaf as its foundation. Blending documentary and fiction, it mounts a profound inquiry into cinema, personal identity, artistic creation, and the nature of existence, with the real individuals from the case portraying themselves.
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