I saw a wonderful film Sunday with a friend - "Certified Copy". My favorite actress alive is Juliette Binoche, and she was amazing in this film, directed by an Iranian and filmed in Tuscany. It's a European film, spoken in three languages:English, Italian and French. So lots of subtitles. It's slow and meandering, and seductive for that reason. When the plot begins to surprise us, we are jolted alert, and after that, attend to every word uttered by the actors. And the film, seemingly about a day in the countryside of two strangers, becomes enlarged and enlarged until it seems a complete allegory. It's about marriage, the differences between men and women and how they see their world, and about time and change. Along the way are discussions about art and originals and copies, and other intellectual ideas that become grounded by human feelings and subjectivity.
I adored it. I can't wait to see it again, and I've thought about marriage, and how it changes, and how we seek ourselves as we were at the beginning, but nothing stays the same. I've learned from this film, something that informs my own personal life, but also something that connects me to the wishes and dreams of all humans everywhere.
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