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Hossain Sabzian was an Iranian man best known for being the star of the 1990 docufiction film Close-Up directed by Abbas Kiarostami, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made and depending on who you ask the greatest film of Iran ever. In 1989, Sabzian tricked a poor family into believing he was famous Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. These events were later adapted into the previously mentioned film. He was born around 1953-1954 (or in the year 1332 on the Solar Hijri calendar) and is believed to be from Tehran from his comment about himself being “an unemployed yo…
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- Close-Up (1990) as Self
- Close-Up Long Shot (1996) as Self
- Opening Day of Close-Up (1996) as Himself (archive footage)
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