Certified Copy
A British author and a French art-gallery owner form an intimate bond after a chance meeting in a quaint Southern Tuscany village in director Abbas Kiarostami's dialogue-driven drama.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Starring: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Agathe Natanson, Gianna Giachetti
The end will haunt you.
The Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami's delicious brain tickler, Certified Copy, is an endless hall of mirrors whose reflections multiply as its story of a middle-aged couple driving through Tuscany carries them into a metaphysical labyrinth.
For me, it is too clever by half, creating full-bodied characters but inserting them into a story that is thin soup.
You can see her (Binoche) effect on Kiarostami's filmmaking: She brings out something new in him, too.
Literate and engrossing, with excellent performances.
Juliette Binoche
Cannes Film Festival (2010)
Best Foreign-Language Film
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (2011)
Best Film Not in the English Language
Online Film Critics Society Awards (2012)
Best Foreign-Language Film
San Francisco Film Critics Circle (2011)
Best Film
Valladolid International Film Festival (2010)