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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #7. Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love
Currently in the “Woody Allen phase” of his career (unlike Woody, he left his homeland for more than pure economics) Abbas Kiarostami delivered in his third decade of work, an invigorating, intellectually stimulating piece of cinema with another career high with in Certified Copy. What I’m most curious about is how the kindness, civility and humanity in a post Tsunami Japan might be further illuminated/embedded in this work.
#07. Like Someone in Love
Director/Writer: Abbas Kiarostami
Producers: Kiarostami and Nathanaël Karmitz
Distributor: Rights Available
The Gist: Japan, 2011. Akiko, a pretty young student, sells herself to help pay for her studies. But then she comes across a very unusual client: a learned old scholar who shows her great kindness. An extraordinary relationship develops between her and the old man…(more)
Cast: Ryo Kase, Denden, Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, Ayumi Miyata
List Worthy Reasons…: Currently in the “Woody Allen phase” of his career (unlike Woody, he left his homeland for more than pure economics) Abbas Kiarostami delivered in his third decade of work, an invigorating, intellectually stimulating piece of cinema with another career high with in Certified Copy. What I’m most curious about is how the kindness, civility and humanity in a post Tsunami Japan might be further illuminated/embedded in this work.
Release Date/Status?: Cannes Main Competition showing and despite not having the presence of a Juliette Binoche, I’m thinking this should follow the same festival/distributor interest route as Certified Copy.
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