25 Must See Films at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2017
Mother!
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Country: USA, Language: English
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson, Kristen Wiig.
Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, and Michelle Pfeiffer star in Darren Aronofsky’s highly anticipated psychological thriller about a couple threatened by the arrival of uninvited guests to their tranquil home.
Suburbicon
Director: George Clooney
Country: USA, Language: English
Cast: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, Oscar Isaac.
Director George Clooney teams with co-writers Joel and Ethan Coen and an all-star ensemble (Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, and Oscar Isaac) for this complex tale of very flawed people making very bad choices in a seemingly idyllic 1950s community.
Lady Bird
Director: Greta Gerwig
Country: USA, Language: English
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Beanie Feldstein, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet.
A rebellious young woman (Saoirse Ronan) navigates the pressures and constraints of Catholic school and life in Sacremento, in Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut.
The Shape of Water
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Country: USA, Language: English
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer.
At the height of the Cold War, circa 1962, two workers in a high-tech US government laboratory (Sally Hawkins and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer) discover a terrifying secret experiment, in this otherworldly fairytale from Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth).
Omerta
Director: Hansal Mehta
Country: India, Language: Hindi, English, Urdu.
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Kewal Arora, Timothy Ryan Hickernell, Rupinder Nagra, Rajesh Tailang.
Hansal Mehta recounts the story of infamous British-born terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who kidnapped and murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002.
The Third Murder
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Country: Japan, Language: Japanese
Cast: Masaharu Fukuyama, Koji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose.
Festival favourite Hirokazu Kore-eda (Still Walking, Nobody Knows) takes a fascinating left turn with this intricate murder mystery, about a defense attorney who believes that his client — the self-confessed killer of a wealthy industrialist — is the fall guy for a sinister conspiracy.
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