2015 Toronto International Film Festival [TIFF] (Selective) Lineup
Colonia. Florian Gallenberger. The story of Lena and Daniel, a young couple who become entangled in the Chilean military coup of 1973. Daniel is abducted by Pinochetās secret police and Lena tracks him to a sealed off area in the south of the country called Colonia Dignidad. The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission run by lay preacher Paul SchaĢfer but, in fact, is a place nobody ever escapes from. Lena decides to join the cult in order to find Daniel. Starring Emma Watson, Daniel BruĢhl and Michael Nyqvist.
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Emma Watson: Recapped was excited enough to post pics from yet to be released trailer. Recapped has never done that before. I’m going with butt shot and see-thrus with high possibility of BD.
Families (Belles Familles). Jean-Paul Rappeneau.Ā When Shanghai-based businessman JeĢrome Varenne learns that his childhood home in the village of Ambray is at the centre of aĀ local conflict, he heads there to straighten things out and finds himself at the centre of familial and romantic complications. Starring Mathieu Amalric.
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Gemma Chan, Marine Vacth.
Gemma ChanMarine Vacth
The Family Fang. Jason Bateman.Ā Annie and Baxter Fang have spent most of their adult lives trying to distance themselves from their famous artist parents. But when both siblings find themselves stalled in life, they return home for the first time in a decade where they become entangled in a dark mystery surrounding their parentsā disappearance. Jason Bateman directs and stars, along with co-stars Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken, in this film based on the New York Times bestseller.
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Nicole Kidman, Marin Ireland, Taylor Rose.
Nicole Kidman
Maggieās Plan. Rebecca Miller.Ā Maggieās plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love and in a quandary: what do you do when you suspect your man and his ex-wife are actually perfect for each other? Starring Julianne Moore, Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, BillĀ Hader and Maya Rudolph.
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Greta Gerwig.
Parched. Leena Yadav.Ā Three ordinary women dare to break free from the century old patriarchal ways of their village in the desert heartland of rural India. Starring Tannishtha Chaterjee, Radhika Apte and Surveen Chawla, this unforgettable tale of friendship and triumph is called Parched.
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Radhika Apte.
Sunset Song. Terence Davies. ThisĀ epic of hope, tragedy and love at the dawning of the Great War follows a young womanās tale of endurance against the hardships of rural Scottish life. Based on the novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon and told with gritty poetic realism by Britainās greatest living auteur, Sunset Song stars Peter Mullan and Agyness Deyn.
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Agyness Deyn.
Un plus une. Claude Lelouch.Ā Charming, successful, Antoine (Jean Dujardin) could be the hero of one of those films he composes the music for. When he leaves for a job in India, he meets Anna (Elsa Zylberstein), a woman who isnāt like him at all, but who attracts him more than anything. Together, they are going to experience an incredible journey.
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Kalki Koechlin, Shriya Pilgaonkar & Alice Pol.
Kalki Koechlin
Beeba Boys. Deepa Mehta.Ā An adrenaline-charged violent Indo-Canadian gang war mixes guns, bhangra beats, bespoke suits, cocaine, and betrayal. Gang boss Jeet Johar and his loyal, young crew are audaciously taking over the Vancouver drug and arms scene from an old-style crime syndicate. Hearts are broken and family bonds shattered when the Beeba Boys (known as the ānice boysā) do anything āto be seen and to be fearedāāin a white world.
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Sarah Allen, Erica Deutschman, Meher Pavri & Gia Sandhu
Forsaken. Jon Cassar.Ā Tormented by a dark secret, an aging gunfighter abandons a life of killing and returns home, only to discover his mother has died.Ā Heās forced to confront his estranged father and the life he left behind. Starring Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland and Demi Moore.
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Siobhan Williams.
Lolo. Julie Delpy.Ā While on holiday in the south of France, Parisian sophisticate Violette falls in love with carefree geek Jean-ReneĢ. As their relationshipĀ blossoms, Jean-ReneĢ heads to Paris to spend more time with Violette but finds himself up against her possessive teenage son LoloĀ who is determined to sabotage their relationship by any means necessary. A razor-sharp comedy from Julie Delpy.
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Julie Delpy.
Born to Be Blue. Directed by Robert Budreau, this is a reimagining of jazz trumpeter Chet Bakerās life in the 1960s. When Chet is cast to star in a film about himself, a romance heats up with his female co-star, the enigmatic Jane. But his comeback bid is derailed when his past returns to haunt him and it appears he may never play music again. Starring Ethan Hawke and Carmen Ejogo.
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Carmen Ejogo.
Into the Forest. Patricia Rozema. In a not-too-distant future, sisters Nell and Eva find themselves shuttered in their home. Surrounded by nothing but miles of dense forest, the sisters must fend for themselves using the supplies and food reserves they have before turning to the forest to discover what it will provide. They are faced with a world where rumour is the only guide, trust is a scarce commodity, gas is king and loneliness is excruciating. And yet somehow miraculously, love still grows. Starring Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood.
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Ellen Page & Evan Rachel Wood.
Ellen Page
Evan Rachel Wood
No Men Beyond This Point. Mark Sawers. Sixty years ago, women began reproducing asexually, and now are no longer able to give birth to male babies. This deadpan mockumentary follows 37-year -old Andrew Myersāthe youngest man aliveāwho is at the centre of a battle to save men from extinction. No Men Beyond This Point asks what would happen if only women ran the world.
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Kristine Cofsky & Morgan Taylor Campbell.
The Girl in the Photographs [1],[2]. Nick Simon. World Premiere. Big-city glamour clashes with small-town values and a killerās knife, in this bloody cocktail of terror from director Nick Simon and executive producer Wes Craven. Colleenās life in the sleepy town of Spearfish is disrupted when she starts receiving photographs of brutally murdered women. Things get even crazier for Colleen when L.A. based celeb-photographer Peter Hemmings (Kal Penn) returns to his hometown of Spearfish to investigate.
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Miranda Rae Mayo, Christy Carlson Romano, Autumn Kendrick & Eva Bourne.
Miranda Rae Mayo
Christy Carlson Romano
February [1]. Osgood Perkins (son of Psycho actor Anthony Perkins). World Premiere. In February, beautiful and haunted Joan makes a bloody and determined pilgrimage across a frozen landscape toward a prestigious all girls prep school, where Rose and Kat find themselves stranded after their parents mysteriously fail to retrieve them for winter break. As Joan gets closer, terrifying visions begin plaguing Kat while Rose watches in horror as she becomes possessed by an unseen evil force.
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Lucy Boynton.
Lace Crater. Harrison Atkins. World Premiere. On a weekend trip to the Hamptons with friends, Ruth (Lindsay Burdge) encounters a mysterious ghost (Peter Vack) haunting the guest house. One thing leads to another and they find themselves in the throes of an unexpected one-night stand. Soon, Ruth begins suffering from a bizarre sexually-transmitted disease that leaves doctors and friends confused and frightened. As her body and social connections begin to disintegrate, she must find a way to reconcile her condition with the world around her, or risk losing herself to a void from which she may never emerge.
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Lindsay Burdge.