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This director casted an actual American terrorist as a doctor who wears a fake beard in a film set on the eve of a 2000 solar eclipse. In a 1996 film by this director, a young woman magically appears when an old woman asks “who are you?” to a portrait on her rug. A film by this director ends on a freeze frame of a girl being offered a flower pot and some bread by two actors. This director’s childhood inspired a film in which an old man raises money for his wife’s medical treatment through a week-long cycling marathon. After they met again at a casting call, this director of Gabbeh made a film with a (*) policeman whom he had stabbed as a teenager. At the end of a film by a [emphasize] different director, this filmmaker gives a motorcycle ride to a man on trial for duping a family by posing as him. For 10 points, name this director of A Moment (-5[1])of Innocence, (10[1])whose impersonation by Hossein Sabzian (-5[1])is the subject of Abbas Kiarostami’s docufiction film Close-Up. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Mohsen Makhmalbaf (“mack-moll-BOFF”) (The films mentioned are, in order: Kandahar, A Moment of Innocence, and The Cyclist.)
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