Opening Day of Close-Up

Feb 9, 1996

0h 7m

★ 5.4

Overview

At his cinema in Rome, the Nuovo Sacher, Nanni Moretti anxiously oversees preparations for the premiere of the film Close-up, by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Meanwhile Disney's The Lion King is taking Italy by storm.

Genres

Comedy

Documentary

Production Companies

Sacher Film

Canal+

Opening Day of Close-Up Trailers

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Cast

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Nanni Moretti

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Fabia Bergamo

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Paolo Di Virgilio

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Paola Orfei

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Fausto Polacco

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Amleto Vitali

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Hossain Sabzian

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Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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