More details on films screening at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) keep pouring in after yesterday's Galas and Special Presentations announcement by TIFF. As with Warner Bros. sending extra info on Ben Affleck's The Town, Maple Pictures has followed suit with further blurbs, images, and trailers on their films Biutiful, Buried, and Made in Dagenham. Check it all out below.
Biutiful (Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu)
This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever. The film stars Javier Bardem (pictured).
Canadian release date: TBD
Buried (Directed by Rodrigo Cortés)
When Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) wakes up six feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time.
Canadian release date: Toronto: October 1, expanding on October 8th.
Made in Dagenham (Directed by Nigel Cole)
Sally Hawkins stars as Rita O’Grady, the catalyst for the 1968 Ford Dagenham strike by 187 sewing machinists which led to the advent of the Equal Party Act. Working in extremely impoverished conditions for long arduous hours, the women at the Ford Dagenham plant finally lose their patience when they are reclassified as ‘unskilled’. With humour, common sense, and courage, they take on their corporate paymasters, an increasingly belligerent local community, and finally the government itself. The film also stars Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James and Rosamund Pike.
Canadian Release date: Toronto: November 19th, expanding on December 10th.
Top image: Javier Bardem in Biutiful. Photo credit Jose Haro. Courtesy Maple Pictures.
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