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Thursday, January 8, 2026

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Juliette Binoche won the Best Actress prize in Cannes for her performance in this playful and provocative romantic drama from legendary auteur Abbas Kiarostami, his first feature made outside of Iran. Binoche plays a gallery owner living in a Tuscan village who attends a lecture by a British author (opera star William Shimell) on authenticity and fakery in art. Afterward, she invites him on a tour of the countryside, during which he is mistaken for her husband. They keep up the pretense and continue on their afternoon out, discussing love, life and art, and increasingly behaving like a long-married couple. But are they play-acting on a whim or is there more to their seemingly new relationship than meets the eye?

Screening as part of PANAHI & KIAROSTAMI: TWO MASTERS

Previously screened in 2019 as part of Abbas Kiarostami: A Retrospective.

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  • Country France, Italy, Belgium
  • Language French and Italian with English subtitles and English
  • Year 2011
  • Running Time 106 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor IFC Entertainment Group
  • Director Abbas Kiarostami
  • Writer Abbas Kiarostami
  • Cast Juliette Binoche, William Shimell
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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