Certified Copy | Kiarostami at The Cinematheque - November 14, 2019

CERTIFIED COPY (COPIE CONFORME) (G)
France/Italy/Iran 2010
Abbas Kiarostami
35 mm print!

Kiarostami entered the new decade in peak form, staging a Rubik’s Cube romance in the Italian countryside that interrogates — in its subject, theme, and form — the very nature of authenticity itself. Juliette Binoche, luminous as ever, was crowned Best Actress at Cannes for her role as an unnamed French antique dealer living in Tuscany with her young son. Opera singer William Shimell is a British author on book tour, whom Binoche’s character meets and proceeds to explore the region with. What begins as a blossoming relationship between strangers — whose absorbing conversation revolves around art and the ontology of reproduction — slowly, slyly morphs into something altogether odder. Kiarostami, in his second feature shot outside of Iran (after ABC Africa), deftly weds the metaphysical with matters of the heart, simultaneously deconstructing the rudiments of cinema and the roles played by partners in love. A modern masterpiece.

November 8 (Friday) 6:30 pm
November 14 (Thursday) 6:30 pm

Adult $12
Student / Senior $10

Rated G
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“And Life Goes On: The Films of Abbas Kiarostami”
The singular cinema of the Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016), one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of the past three decades, is celebrated with this near-comprehensive retrospective.
https://thecinematheque.ca/series/and-life-goes-on-the-films-of-abbas-kiarostami

TEN (DAH)
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/ten
November 7 (Thursday) 6:30 pm
November 8 (Friday) 8:35 pm

THE REPORT (GOZARESH)
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/the-report
November 7 (Thursday) 8:20 pm
November 18 (Monday) 8:15 pm

CERTIFIED COPY (COPIE CONFORME) (G)
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/certified-copy
November 8 (Friday) 6:30 pm
November 14 (Thursday) 6:30 pm

SHIRIN
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/shirin
November 14 (Thursday) 8:35 pm
November 19 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm

TEN ON 10 (DAH ROOYE DAH)
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/10-on-ten
November 19 (Tuesday) 8:30 pm

LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (RAIKU SAMUWAN IN RABU) (PG)
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/like-someone-in-love
December 3 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm
December 4 (Wednesday) 8:45 pm

24 FRAMES
https://thecinematheque.ca/films/2019/24-frames
December 3 (Tuesday) 8:40 pm
December 4 (Wednesday) 6:30 pm