Close Up
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A young photographer wanders the city taking pictures with a Polaroid 600, but on each print the silhouette of a woman on a bicycle appears. The sequence of photos makes it clear that the woman is about to be hit by a trolleybus. Based loosely on Stephen King's novella "The Sun Dog" and Julio Cortázar's short story "Blow-Up" ("Las babas del diablo").
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Yevgeni Zvezdakov Director · Stephen King Story Julio Cortázar Story
First release February 1, 1997 · Produced in Russia · Production VGIK
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The Polaroid Corporation
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VGIK
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Russia
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Russian
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Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 1, 1997
Limited theatrical · IV Competition of student films for the "St. Anna" Award (Winner: First Prize) (approximate date)
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
March 13, 1998 · Limited theatrical · Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF) (Winner: European Short Film Competition Grand Prize)
Russia
October 31, 2013 · Limited theatrical · Dollar Baby Film Festival Russia 2013, Krasnodar, Russia
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