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

19901h 38m7.9 TMDb

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami

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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.

Cast

Hossain Sabzian

Hossain Sabzian

Self

Monoochehr Ahankhah

Monoochehr Ahankhah

Self

Mahrokh Ahankhah

Mahrokh Ahankhah

Self

Abolfazl Ahankhah

Abolfazl Ahankhah

Self

Mehrdad Ahankhah

Mehrdad Ahankhah

Self

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi

Self

Hossain Farazmand

Hossain Farazmand

Reporter

Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni

Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni

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Movie Vibe

Suspense6.1
Emotion7.1
Complexity6.9
Humor5
Realism8.1
Action5
Darkness6.1

Who would enjoy this

Recommended for

  • fans of character-driven stories
  • fans of moral complexity and intrigue
  • viewers who appreciate critically recognized cinema

May not appeal to

  • those seeking nonstop action
  • fans of purely lighthearted entertainment

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