Like Someone in Love (2012)

Cast: Ryo Kase, Denden, Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno

Rating: NR

Running Time: 109 min.

Synopsis: Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami takes the helm for this richly textured drama set in Tokyo, and centered on the unusual relationship between an elderly professor and a pretty student moonlighting as a high-class call girl. Arriving at Takashi (Tadashi Okuno)'s home late one night, Akiko (Rin Takanashi) is surprised when her client shows more interest in cooking and conversation than he does in sex. The following morning, Takashi offers to drive Akiko to class. When the pair crosses paths with Akiko's intensely jealous boyfriend (Ryo Kase), they simply go along with his assumption that Takashi is Akiko's grandfather. Meanwhile, this slight deception begins to color Takashi and Akiko's future interactions while yielding some unexpected repercussions.

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Like Someone in Love (2012)

lalalooms: (I'm thinking about Kiarostami's Like Someone In Love, which I thought was flat and dull...)
jnadaraj: Like Someone In Love - This isn't Abbas Kiarostami's masterpiece - his last film Certified Copy was his masterpiece but this is pretty great
faceyouhate: LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE was pretty great. I don't know, maybe I shouldn't watch so many horror movies all the time.
scottrenshaw: I mocked those who said LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE was better than CERTIFIED COPY. Now afraid if I re-watch LSIL, I'll realize they were right.
nateandersen: For those of you who saw it, what did you think about the ending of "Like Someone in Love"?