Like Someone in Love
MEANRANK
70/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 83. Critics average 80, everyone else 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young woman from the countryside, who works as an escort in Tokyo, is sent to spend the night with an elderly client, a retired professor. Instead of a transactional encounter, the two develop a quiet, unexpected connection over conversation. Their brief encounter leads to a series of events the next day that blur the lines between their roles, involving the woman's possessive boyfriend.
Details
- Director
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Writer
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Studio
- Eurospace, MK2 Productions, CNC
- Released
- 15 September 2012
- Country
- France, Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $4.8M
- Box office
- $562.9K
- Awards
- 0 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Cannes Film Festival 2012 | Palme d'Or | Abbas Kiarostami | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2013 | Best Director | Abbas Kiarostami | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Ryo Kase | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2013 | Best Cinematographer | Katsumi Yanagijima | Nominee |
| Chicago International Film Festival 2012 | Best International Feature | Abbas Kiarostami | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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5 awards — Like Someone in Love
×| Palme d'Or | Abbas Kiarostami | Nominee |
| Best Cinematographer | Katsumi Yanagijima | Nominee |
| Best Director | Abbas Kiarostami | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ryo Kase | Nominee |
| Best International Feature | Abbas Kiarostami | Nominee |