Like Someone in Love (2012)

Directed by

Abbas Kiarostami

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Japan

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 272 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

An elderly retired professor meets a young sociology student who works as a high-class prostitute. As they spend time together, an unusual and quiet bond forms between them while her possessive boyfriend complicates things.

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What happens

Like Someone in Love (Japanese: ライク・サムワン・イン・ラブ, Hepburn: Raiku samuwan in rabu) is a 2012 drama film written and directed by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, starring Tadashi Okuno, Rin Takanashi and Ryō Kase. A co-production between Japan and France, the film centers on the unusual bond between an elderly retired professor and a young student moonlighting as a high-class prostitute, while the latter is dealing with her jealous boyfriend. The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. It was Kiarostami's final film to be released in his lifetime before his death in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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