Like Someone in Love

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Claudio C @Claudio666 Feb 18 Like Someone in Love (2012) Lack of Conclusion Destroys the Film (12,285 - 18 Feb 2026 – Claudio Carvalho) In Tokyo, the call girl Akiko (Rin Takanashi) attends the widower Takashi Watanabe (Tadashi Okuno) in his house outside Tokyo. Takashi is a former professor, writer and translator and treats Akiko like a granddaughter. On the next morning, he drives her to the university where she studies and knows her abusive boyfriend, the mechanic Noriaki ( Ryô Kase), who believes he is her grandfather. Takashi lies to him and suggests he doesn’t marry Akiko. "Like Someone in Love" (2012) is another overrated film by Abbas Kiarostami. The plot is not bad, but the lack of conclusion destroys the film. The beauty of Rin Takanashi is impressive. My vote is five. Title (Brazil): "Um Alguém Apaixonado" ("Someone in Love") My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/ See more William D @acsdoug 04/21/2023 Incredibly slow paced, the last third or so started to get interesting, but then the ending was pretty disappointing. See more steve c @RT19610513 11/14/2022 Well kids. Don't lie. Be honest in your relationships or someone will call the police. Dat ending ... hmmm ... See more dave s @RT68722908 07/07/2022 Despite not being shot in his native country of Iran, Abbas Kiarostami's Like Someone in Love is still a uniquely Kiarostami film. Set in Tokyo, it tells the story of a young girl who studies sociology, serving as a prostitute at night, and her non-sexual relationship with an elderly man who is looking for companionship, all complicated by the presence of the girl's horribly abusive boyfriend. While the story itself isn't as intriguing as some of Kiarostami's more notable works, it is stylistically stunning, as one would expect, filled with long takes that allow the viewer to read the faces of the characters, whose expressions and reactions to situations often explain more than the dialogue. The ending may be disappointing for some viewers, as is the case with many of his movies, but, as a whole and in many ways, Like Someone in Love is as rewarding and accessible as anything else he has done. See more 01/20/2022 I haven't watched a Kiarostami film in years, so that was a good opportunity revisiting his cinema, although this specific film is not as good as his 90s ones. See more 06/02/2021 Slowest movie I have ever seen. See more Read all reviews

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