Sensing the Unseen Parts of Life

Where is the beginning and the end? Abbas Kiarostami’s new film “Like Someone in Love” drops you right into the middle of a conversation as soon as you enter the story and ends just as unexpectedly. And by letting actors not act, the border between the world on the screen and the real becomes blurred, as if Mr. Kiarostami resists following the common mainstream patterns of storytelling. Life goes on without stopping; Mr. Kiarostami poignantly cuts a slice of life in “Like Someone in Love.” Read more...