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Toronto International Film Festival · 2023

Toronto International Film Festival 2023

TIFF Classics

Programme

4 films

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Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

A documentary cataloguing the life and music of the band leader and clarinettist, Artie Shaw.

(Country: Canada; Year: 1985; Director: Brigitte Berman; Writer: Brigitte Berman; Stars: Artie Shaw, John Best, Lee Castle, Helen Forrest, Polly Haynes)

Farewell My Concubine (Ba Wang Bie Ji)

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Beijing in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and will endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

(Country: China, Hong Kong; Year: 1993; Director: Chen Kaige; Writer: Lee Pik-Wah, Lu Wei; Stars: Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Ge You)

L'Amour Fou

During the rehearsals for the production of the tragedy Andromaque, the leading actress and her director, a couple behind the scenes, can't find a way to leave their personal problems at home.

(Country: France; Year: 1969; Director: Jacques Rivette; Writer: Jacques Rivette, Marilù Parolini; Stars: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Josée Destoop)

Touki Bouki

Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.

(Country: Senegal; Year: 1973; Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty; Writer: Djibril Diop Mambéty; Stars: Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Aminata Fall, Ousseynou Diop, Christoph Colomb, Ndou Labia, Mustapha Ture)