kolkata even to the discerning kolkata film festival audience brought up on a diet of goddard fellini ray and bunuel it came across as a poetry in motion nearly a thousandandahalf much beyond the capacity of nandan i watched enthralled as abbas kiarostamis celebrated film certified copy played out on screen they filled up the staircases jostled for space on the balcony walkways and sought extra chairs on the gallery in the end they left touched by the poignant depiction of two lonely individuals returning from the verge of a relationship a long queue started forming at the nandan foyer hours before the show was to commence at 3 pm soon it had snaked out of the nandan campus turned left and reached the neighbouring shishir mancha it was as if nandan was hosting an srk blockbuster there were the usual lastminute tickethunters looking for an extra as well it couldnt have got bigger or better at the kff on a sunday afternoon those who waited patiently in the queue included a host of actors and directors aparna sen dipankar de kaushik sen gautam ghose and prosenjit chatterjee were among the audience kiarostamis films have traditionally struck a chord with the audience in kolkata due to their emotionally charged yet understated content and simple narrative style according to experts with more than 40 films under his belt the 71yearold iranian director is often described as a philosopher who uses the camera and the screen to convey his thoughts kiarostamis films essentially revolve around an idea or a thought as the film progresses the undrlying philosophy gets strengthened eventually leaving the audience stunned with the bruntness of his message he has hardly experimented with intricate camerawork dazzling photography or a scenic backdrop the characters remain central to the narrative throughout the film said sanjoy mukhopadhyay member of the film festival committee certified copy is about an italian woman an antique seller and a british author who come together for a day while the former is a divorcee with a child not much is known about the writer who has just released his book on authenticity of art halfway though the film they start playing a game pretending they were an estranged couple it helps them come to terms with their loneliness and emotional distress albeit for a while eventually they part ways letting practicality prevail over emotions kiarostami looks at a western relationship from a distance and interprets it with his philosophy in this film he also shows a conflict between intellect and emotions which is fascinating one of the most important creative talents to have emerged from postislamic revolution iran he was one of the few who never left his country his narration remains extremely poetic which the kolkata audience finds attractive added mukhopadhyay among his notable films are where is the friends home and life goes on and through the olive trees often termed a trilogy in closeup another celebrated film he experiments with the reallife story