Close-Up

1990 · 98 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 24,668 VOTES · DIR. Abbas Kiarostami

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,132 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:32 - Did you say it might take a while? - It's OK.
00:03:30 - Fine by me. - Good.
00:06:31 - Wait here. - OK.
00:13:24 I need a portable tape recorder.
00:17:23 What do you mean?
00:20:18 - Where? - Ghasr.
00:24:14 We'd like to film the trial.
00:27:55 you told me you would plead guilty.
00:31:55 - Thank you. - You're welcome.
00:35:23 Stop, I want to get off.
00:38:47 if you didn't intend to commit fraud?
00:42:09 With the court's permission, tell us the reason for your behavior
00:45:38 to go on with my role as director the next few days.
00:48:49 Yes.
00:52:11 And that soup was his favorite dish.
00:55:23 He asked Mehrdad to go to town to pick him up.
00:59:30 That's not what I meant.
01:07:07 - Yet I heard that... - People take me for Makhmalbaf.
01:10:16 he is playing a sentimental person.
01:13:33 I enjoyed playing the part of Makhmalbaf
01:17:04 and it wasn't for the reason that was suggested here.
01:20:24 all the bad experiences I've had
01:23:38 I am willing
01:27:05 How long were you in prison?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,132
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:00:32
Final line01:27:05

Production Record

DirectorAbbas Kiarostami
LanguagePersian
IMDb votes24,668