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CrimeDrama
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.
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A deeply meta and philosophical journey. It blurs the lines between reality and performance, making you question the nature of art and the people who create it. A quiet, thought-provoking experience.
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