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Synopsis

A brilliant exploration of the power of movies. Frustrated young film buff, who had been posing as Mohsen Makhmalbaf, gets arrested! A headline and consequent article in a Tehran daily newspaper provided Kiarostami with the basic idea for a semi-documentary film. Kiarostami film probes also into the psychological truth of the case.

Director Biography

Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. He graduated from University with a degree in Fine Arts before starting to work as a Graphic designer. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, starting his career as a filmmaker at the age of 30. Since then he has made a number of films. Abbas Kiarostami died on 4th of June this year in Paris, France.