Apr 04, 2009 Filed Under: Movies Comments (0)

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