NAMAYEH NAZDIK
Drama-documentary, based on the true story of an unemployed movie buff, Hossein Sabzian, who passes himself off as the celebrated movie director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, to a woman he meets on a bus. He is invited into her middle-class home and leads her family to believe that, if they finance him, they will appear in his next film. Eventually, they come to suspect he is an imposter and call the police. He ends up in jail where his trial is filmed by Kiarostami...
Cast & credits
Cast
- himself Hossein Sabziyan
- himself Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- father of the family Abolfazl Ahankhah
- family son Mehrdad Ahankhah
- family son Manoochehr Ahankhah
- family daughter Mahrokh Ahankhah
- family daughter Nayer Mohseni Zanoozi
- family friend Ahmad Reza Moayed Mohseni
- the reporter Hossain Farazmand
- taxi driver Hooshang Shamaei
- soldier Mohammad Ali Barrati
- sergeant Davood Goodarzi
- judge Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi
- court recorder Hassan Komaili
- court recorder Davood Mohabbat
- himself Abbas Kiarostami
Credits
Direction
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
Production
- Production Company Institute for the Intellectual Development of Chil
- Executive Producer Ali Reza Zarin
- Production Manager Hassan Karimi
Writing
- Screenplay Abbas Kiarostami
Photography
- Director of Photography Ali-Reza Zarrindast
- Camera Operator Ali Reza Mirzaei
Editing
- Editor Abbas Kiarostami
Make-up
- Make-up Farima Zand-pour
Titles
- Title Design A. Samakar
Sound
- Sound Mohammad Haghighi
- Sound Ahmad Asgari
- Sound (In Court) Jahangir Mirshekari
- Sound (In Court) Hossain Zahedi
- Sound Editor Changiz Sayyad
Consultant
- Sound/Vision Ahmad Kasra
