Close-Up Long Shot

Close-Up Long Shot

Close-Up Long Shot

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Close-Up Long Shot

1996

0h 44m

6.1(12 votes)

Documentary

Overview

Hossain Sabzian and some of his associates discuss his character, his life-long obsession with cinema and his attitude towards the film he starred in, "Close-Up" (1990).

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4 members

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Hossain Sabzian

Self

Hossain Sabzian

Acting

Fatemeh Sabzian

Self

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عباس کیارستمی

Self (archive footage)

عباس کیارستمی

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Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Self (archive footage)

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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