Certified Copy suffered from multiple false starts, but after three years of nonsense it appears that Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has his two feet on Italian soil making this his first film outside his home. Filming begins today in Italy’s Cortona, Lucignano and Arezzo in Tuscany.
Based on an original script by Kiarostami, this tells the story of a British author (William Shimell replaces Sami Frey) who travels to Italy to hold a conference on the relationship between originals and copies in the art world. During the conference he meets a French art gallery owner (Juliette Binoche). The author plays along but the innocent charade becomes a dangerous game as the lines between reality and make-believe blur.
Marin Karmitz will produce the picture which will should be seeing at Cannes next year. Certified Copy is a MK2 production in co-production with Bibi Films and France 3 Cinema with support from Canal Plus and the CNC.
