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Toronto International Film Festival · 2024

Toronto International Film Festival 2024

Luminaries

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5 films · 1 review

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By The Stream

Tale of loneliness, connection, and creativity that transpires during an annual skit festival at a women’s university.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2024; Director: Hong Sang-soo; Writer: Hong Sang-soo; Stars: Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Min-hee, Cho Young)

Cloud (Kuraudo)

Review preview for Cloud

Even though we’re essentially talking about a basic shot-reverse shot exchange, framed in creeping wide angles, juxtaposed with close-ups, the feeling is comparable to watching a getaway heist.

Nikola Jovic · 4 out of 5
An online scammer, reselling faulty products at preposterously high rates, is on the run after some of his customers decide to hit back.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2024; Director: Kurosawa Kiyoshi; Writer: Kurosawa Kiyoshi; Stars: Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa, Masataka Kubota)

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Front Row

Two feuding matriarchs behave badly at the beach

(Country: Algeria, France, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2024; Director: Merzak Allouache; Stars: Nabil Asli, Bouchra Roy, Fatiha Ouared)

Youth (Hard Times) (Qing Chun (Ku))

Individual and collective stories unfold in Zhili's textile workshops, becoming more dramatic as the seasons go by. From atop a passageway, workers watch their boss beat up a supplier. In another workshop, the boss has taken off with all the money.

(Country: France, Luxembourg, Netherlands; Year: 2024; Director: Wang Bing; Writer: Wang Bing)

Youth (Homecoming) (Quin Chun Gui)

Third instalment of a documentary trilogy about young Chinese workers. It follows them over Chinese New Year.

(Country: France, Luxembourg, Netherlands; Year: 2024; Director: Wang Bing; Writer: Wang Bing)