UCI International Film Club: Close Up (1990)

Name: UCI International Film Club: Close Up (1990)
Start: 2026-01-14T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-14T21:00:00-08:00
Location: McCormick Screening Room

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Cultural Film Screening Movie Theatre

Wed, Jan 14, 2026

7 PM – 9 PM PST (GMT-8)

McCormick Screening Room

University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States

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Close-up, dir. Abbas Kiarostami (1990) 98 minutes, Persian, English subtitles

This film is the re-enactment of actual events that took place when a wealthy Iranian family are fooled by a working class cinephile Hossein Sabzian who impersonates a famous Iranian director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Sabzian is arrested for fraud and Kiarostami visits him in jail, obtaining permission to film his trial. Kiarostami also casts the family in a re-enactment of the events that led to Sabzian’s arrest.

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McCormick Screening Room

University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States

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