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The film follows the trial of Hossain Sabzian an impostor who fools a family with his facade of a renowned director. Sabzian is presented to be surprisingly quit meek yet as the film goes on the depth of his character is displayed in way that justifies the documentary film crews fascination with the case.

Besides the intriguing story the creation of the film is incredibly interesting because the case the film centers around is a real one and the people who play the characters are just that…the actual people that were involved in the crime. The context of this is of an utmost importance as one usually does not consider the organic emotions that actors themselves experience during a scene as their entire job is to fulfill a role that does not necessarily pertain to their real life situations or personality. A good bit of the movie takes place in the court room where the culprit of the crime Sabizan sits in the front of the room and the victims being the Ahankhah family sit behind him. With the consideration as to what the conditions of the film were it should be no surprise how organic the tension in the room seems to the viewer. The Ahankhan family follows their accusations in court with a passionate yet disoriented tone as expected from a family who was collectively bamboozled. On the contrary Sabizan himself presents himself in a manner that makes you question how the family feel for his lies in the first place, if one is to believe that the character of Sabizan that is shown in court is the same as the one who fooled the family the mechanisms by which he performed his artifice must have been through his showings of genuineness and not his obvious lacking of confidence. The result of the case comes to the judge telling Sabizan that with no prior criminal history he would pardon him if the family agrees, the family agrees on the term that he becomes a productive member of society. After the trial Sabizan actually meets the real director he pretended to be and they have a wholesome interaction with the Ahankhan family wishing him well.

To my knowledge this film offers a perspective so unique it stands out among almost all the movies I have seen. The movies nature as a documentary gives it the power of grounding the emotions views have in reality while also being able to dramatize the scenes in a way to make the film a truly intriguing piece of art.