Opening Day of Close-Up

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.

Cast

Nanni Moretti

as Himself

Fabia Bergamo

as Self

Paolo Di Virgilio

as Self

Paola Orfei

as Self

Fausto Polacco

as Self

Amleto Vitali

as Self

Hossain Sabzian

as Himself (archive footage)

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

as Himself (archive footage)

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