Before Sunset
Why this pick
Like Certified Copy, it builds romantic uncertainty through an extended, intelligent conversation in a European city, letting shifts in intimacy and performance emerge through real-time observation.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Like Certified Copy, it builds romantic uncertainty through an extended, intelligent conversation in a European city, letting shifts in intimacy and performance emerge through real-time observation.
Why this pick
Its Italian setting and wandering encounters share Kiarostami’s fascination with artifice and authenticity, though in a more ornate, melancholy register focused on memory and self-invention.
Why this pick
A deceptively simple meeting between a filmmaker and a painter becomes a precise study of flirtation, self-presentation, and alternate emotional readings—close to Certified Copy’s playful instability.
Why this pick
Its measured pacing, exquisite visual control, and charged restraint make every gesture feel ambiguous. It shares Certified Copy’s interest in love as a space between what is felt and what is performed.
Why this pick
Another acerbic writer-centered relationship drama, it examines ego, artistic identity, and emotional distance with an observational sharpness that complements Certified Copy’s intellectual romantic sparring.
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01 / THE STORY
In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged British writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
L'homme de la place
Le fils

Elle
La femme de la place