Close-Up
Dir. Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
1990 — 98 mins.
FREE ADMISSION
Friday
13 November 2026
7pm
Owens Art Gallery
61 York Street
Sackville, NB
In CLOSE-UP, celebrated Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami delivers a stunning, multilayered investigation into truth, fiction, cinema, identity, and artistic creation.
Kiarostami's film chronicles the sensational real-life story of Hossain Sabzian, a young man arrested for fraudulently impersonating his idol: the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. In an inspired creative choice, Kiarostami convinces both Sabzian and those he deceived to recreate the deception on film.
Deftly weaving staged, scripted scenes with documentary footage, CLOSE-UP remains perhaps the most moving portrait ever of obsessive cinephilia, both its pleasures and pitfalls. A cinematic treasure.