Certified Copy
aka Copie conforme First screened in October 2010 / Most recently screened in December 2018
Director: Abbas Kiarostami. Cast: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Gianna Giachetti, Adrian Moore, Angelo Barbagallo,
Jean-Claude Carrière, Agathe Natanson. Screenplay: Abbas Kiarostami. Twitter Capsule:(2010)
Disarmingly lived-in, even warm for a study of romantic skepticism and ambivalence. Concepty, yes, but rings with truth.
Second Capsule:(2019)
Copies ≠ originals. Second viewings ≠ firsts. Binoche still magic. Shape still beguiling. Themes a bit emphatic?
VOR:⑤
Clear antecedents among Kiarostami's metafilmic tradition and in various European art-film lineages, but distinct, curious, and inventive—its own thing.
