This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Hossain SabzianSelf | Self |
| MMonoochehr AhankhahSelf | Self |
| MMahrokh AhankhahSelf | Self |
| AAbolfazl AhankhahSelf | Self |
| MMehrdad AhankhahSelf | Self |
| NNayer Mohseni ZonooziSelf | Self |
| HHossain FarazmandReporter | Reporter |
| AAhmad Reza Moayed MohseniFamily Friend | Family Friend |
| HHooshang ShamaeiTaxi Driver | Taxi Driver |
| MMohammad Ali BarratiSoldier | Soldier |
| DDavood GoodarziSergeant | Sergeant |
| HHaj Ali Reza AhmadiJudge | Judge |
| HHassan KomailiCourt Recorder | Court Recorder |
| DDavood MohabbatCourt Recorder | Court Recorder |
| HHassan FarazmandSelf | Self |
| HHushang ShahaiSelf | Self |
 Mohsen MakhmalbafSelf | Self |
 Abbas KiarostamiSelf | Self |