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8 Apr, 09

A year ago, there were reports that Summer Hours star Juliette Binoche was continuing her quest to work with all of the world’s great directors, and the name Abbas Kiarostami came up. But then things got quiet, and buzz is building for Kiarostami’s new Binoche-free movie Shirin.

Recently, the reports started up again, and now the project — reportedly titled Certified Copy —seems to be gathering momentum.

You can see some photographs of the happy couple and information about the project here, and a bit about the storyline here.

source:  filmwell.org

4 Apr, 09

I wouldn’t have mentioned this story if it hadn’t been for In Contention’s Guy Lodge showing a serious amount of excitement for the teaming of Juliette Binoche and Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, a director I apparently need to become more familiar with.

The film is titled Certified Copy and a story at Screen International brings word it will begin shooting in Tuscany on June 8 and serves as Kiarostami’s first feature to be shot outside of his native Iran.

IMDB lists William Shimell as Binoche’s co-star as a middle-aged English writer who meets a young French woman (Binoche) and jets off to San Gimignano with her. Of course, I have no idea when the synopsis originated and the Screen International article only refers to the film as a love story set in the Chianti countryside, which will be in French and parts in English.

I have never seen a film from Kiarostami, but he has been directing films since 1970, which means there appears to be plenty of source material for me to become acquainted with.

source:  ropeofsilicon.com