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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.

A real-life situation based on a real incident in actual locations with actual people involved

Release date : 1990-02-01

Production country :
Iran

Production company :
Kanoon

Durasi : 98 Min.

Popularity : 2

8.00

Total Vote : 424

Advantages of movie

Almost all films carry messages about love, struggle, justice, hope, or humanity that can inspire the audience.

movie Shortcomings

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