Close-Up sits in the top 5% of Other Asia films on this catalog — ranked #29 of 547 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک
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.
The 1989–1991 Other Asia Window
15 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Close-Up sits at position #2.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Close-Up. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Kanoon
The 1990s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Close-Up premiered. 53 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #29 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (95th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.3 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Crime productions specifically: #3 of 42 (top 7%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Iran |
| Original Language | Persian |
| Spoken Languages | Azerbaijani, Persian |
| Production Companies | Kanoon |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | May 9, 1990 |
| IMDb | tt0100234 |