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Opening Day of Close-Up

Opening Day of Close-Up

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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.

Directed by Nanni Moretti
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Top Cast

Nanni Moretti

Nanni Moretti

Himself

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Fabia Bergamo

Self

P

Paolo Di Virgilio

Self

P

Paola Orfei

Self

F

Fausto Polacco

Self

A

Amleto Vitali

Self

Hossain Sabzian

Hossain Sabzian

Himself (archive footage)

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Himself (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

italian1990sshort filmcinema

About Opening Day of Close-Up

Opening Day of Close-Up is a comedy, documentary film released in 1996 exploring themes of italian, 1990s, short film, cinema. Directed by Nanni Moretti, it stars Nanni Moretti, Fabia Bergamo, Paolo Di Virgilio. 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.

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