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February 1, 1990
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...More
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 and crew
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Abbas Kiarostami
Director
Hossain Sabzian
Self
MA
Monoochehr Ahankhah
Self
MA
Mahrokh Ahankhah
Self
AA
Abolfazl Ahankhah
Self
MA
Mehrdad Ahankhah
Self
NMZ
Nayer Mohseni Zonoozi
Self
HF
Hossain Farazmand
Reporter
ARMM
Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni
Family Friend
HS
Hooshang Shamaei
Taxi Driver
MAB
Mohammad Ali Barrati
Soldier
DG
Davood Goodarzi
Sergeant
HARA
Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi
Judge
HK
Hassan Komaili
Court Recorder
DM
Davood Mohabbat
Court Recorder
HF
Hassan Farazmand
Self
HS
Hushang Shahai
Self
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Self
Abbas Kiarostami
Self