In our final image round-up from Toronto International Film Festival 2011 gala and special presentation premieres, we have a batch of films we are pretty excited to see. First up we have a look at Lasse Hallstrom‘s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.
Synopsis:
Stuffy government fisheries scientist Fred is asked by a fishing-obsessed Arab Sheik to do the seemingly impossible – introduce British salmon to the wadis of the Yemen. Despite considerable trepidation, Fred is finally won over by the charismatic Sheik, who reveals that fishing brings him closer to God, and he hopes it will have the same effect on his countrymen. Fred also begins to fall for the Sheik’s beautiful legal representative Harriet; and so he rises to the Sheik’s eccentric challenge, casting off his English reserve on a transformative journey of self discovery and late blooming love.
We also have our first look at Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud‘s Persepolis follow-up Chicken with Plums.
Synopsis:
Tehran, 1958: Nasser Ali Khan, the most celebrated violin player, has his beloved instrument broken. Unable to find another to replace it, life without music seems intolerable. He stays in bed and slips further and further into his reveries from his youth to his own children‟s futures. Over the course of the week that follows, and as the pieces of this captivating story fall into place, we understand his poignant secret and the profundity of his decision to give up life for music and love.
Sarah Polley will also be having the world premiere of her drama Take this Waltz, starring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Luke Kirby. Check out new photos below.
Synopsis:
Swelteringly hot, bright and colourful like a bowl of fruit, Take this Waltz leads us laughing through the familiar, but uncharted question of what long-term relationships do to love, sex, and our images of ourselves.
Terence Davies will also have the world premiere of his Rachel Weisz drama The Deep Blue Sea. Check out new photos below.
Hester Collyer (Academy Award-winner Rachel Weisz) leads a privileged life in 1950s London as the beautiful wife of high court judge Sir William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale). To the shock of those around her, she walks out on her marriage to move in with young ex-RAF pilot, Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston), with whom she has fallen passionately in love.
Last up we have a single look at Jamie Linden‘s comedy/drama Ten Year, starring Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Justin Long, Kate Mara, Anthony Mackie and Chris Pratt. Check out the photo below.
Synopsis:
Ten Year focuses on a group of friends – married and unmarried, successful and unsuccessful, happy and unhappy – as they return home on the night of their high school reunion. It stars a large ensemble cast that includes
The Toronto International Film Festivals runs September 8th to 18th. Check back for our continuing coverage straight from the fest.