Iranian Kiarostami’s “Like Someone in Love” to premiere at Cannes

TEHRAN,April 3(MNA) -- The latest movie by the Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami “Like Someone in Love” will premiere at Cannes 2012 which will be held from May 16 to 22. The French MK2 film company has purchased the world distribution copyright of the film which will go on public screens after the Cannes festival. Ramin Rahimi who has distributed Kiarostami’s “Certified Copy” and “Shirin” told that he hoped the film wins awards at the Cannes. He expressed his hope that the movie goes on screen in Iran concurrent with the world screening. Kiarostami’s “Shirin” went on screen in some theaters in Tehran recently however his “Certified Copy” has not obtained approval for public screening yet. “Shirin” is made from simple close-up shots of faces as they themselves watch a movie and all the people featured in the close-ups are women. Everything is angled toward a specific end, and the film they are watching is the 800-year-old Persian love story of Khosrow and Shirin. Mahnaz Afshar, Golshifteh Farahani, Niki Karimi and Taraneh Alidusti are among the Iranian cast members of “Shirin” along with a brief appearance by Juliette Binoche. “Certified Copy” tells the story of a British writer (William Shimell) and a French woman (Juliette Binoche) in Italy. It competed for the Palme d’Or at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, where Binoche was awarded the Best Actress Award for her outstanding performance.