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Toronto International Film Festival · 2022

Toronto International Film Festival 2022

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6 films · 3 reviews

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Charcoal (Carvão)

Review preview for Charcoal

For most of the running time, the film is warm and light-hearted, despite viewers’ steadily growing awareness that it might end in bloodshed.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A rural family who make their living from a charcoal factory accepts a proposal to host a mysterious foreigner, who turns out to be using their home as a hideout.

(Country: Argentina, Brazil; Year: 2022; Director: Carolina Markowicz; Writer: Carolina Markowicz; Stars: César Bordón, Jean de Almeida Costa, Maeve Jinkings, Aline Marta Maia, Camila Márdila, Pedro Wagner)

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Emily

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O’Connor does not fall for the myth of a romantic place which breeds talent. Instead she recognises the pressure cooker effect of a tightly constrained world.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
The journey to womanhood of rebel and misfit Emily Brontë.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Frances O'Connor; Writer: Frances O'Connor; Stars: Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Adrian Dunbar, Fionn Whitehead, Alexandra Dowling)

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The Gravity (La Gravité)

A mysterious cosmic event upsets the Earth's gravity and creates chaos in a futuristic Parisian suburb.

(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Cédric Ido; Writer: Cédric Ido; Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Steve Tientcheu, Olivier Rosemberg, Max Gomis,. Florine Silva)

Hawa

Miracles about the life story of fishermen.

(Country: Bangladesh, France; Year: 2022; Director: Maïmouna Doucouré; Writer: Maïmouna Doucouré, Faruque Jahin Amin, Sukorno Shahed Dhiman; Stars: Chanchal Chowdhury, Nazifa Tushi, Shohel Mondol, Sariful Razz, Nasir Uddin Khan, Sumon Anowar)

How To Blow Up A Pipeline

A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Daniel Goldhaber; Writer: Ariela Barer, Jordan Sjol, Daniel Goldhaber; Stars: Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane)

Riceboy Sleeps

Review preview for Riceboy Sleeps

An accomplished piece of work.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A Korean single mother raises her young son in the suburbs of Nineties Canada, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Anthony Shim; Writer: Anthony Shim; Stars: Choi Seung-yoon, Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang, Anthony Shim, Hunter Dillon)

Full review See: Interview with Anthony Shim about Riceboy Sleeps