In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.

The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.

It's not so much a question of whether we've shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.

I saw this French woman, this English man in Italy. It was a film [Certified Copy] I knew well, but I had already seen it, and I was familiar with it, and I had no feeling of anxiety or responsibility toward it.

The one-word cinema wasn't possible for me anymore. I'd hit a wall, a dead end. Therefore I thought I'd turn back.

Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.

In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children.