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Abbas Kiarostami on CLOSE-UP

Close-up • 27m

In this 2009 video interview, shot in Marrakech while Abbas Kiarostami was president of the Marrakech Film Festival jury, the director discusses CLOSE-UP and the impact it had on his career.

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