Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike's Straw Shield is a crime-thriller set in modern day politics while Iranian director, Asghar Farhadi - who won an Oscar for his filmA Separation - directs The Artist actress Berenice Bejo in his new film The Past.
There's enough going on between Carell and Binoche -- she's a deliciously expressive actress -- that the film works as a mature romance and not just as another formulaic comedy.