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Three Italian films from Venice to Toronto

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Three Italian films about to be screened at the Venice Film Festival have also been selected for the Toronto International Film Festival .

The Canadian festival, which opens on September 7, just as Venice is wrapping up, will feature The Golden Door [+see also:
film review
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interview: Alexandre Mallet-Guy
interview: Charlotte Gainsbourg
interview: Emanuele Crialese
interview: Emanuele Crialese
interview: Fabrizio Mosca
film profile
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by Emanuele Crialese, Gianni Amelio’s The Missing Star [+see also:
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(in the eminent Masters section) and the second film by promising director Marina Spada, Come l'ombra (lit. “Like a Shadow”), shot with the collaboration of Gabriele Basilico, one of the most renowned European documentary photographers specializing in urban landscapes.

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In the Real to Reel section, a prestigious space dedicated to documentaries, Davide Ferrario and Vincenzo Marra will present their respective films Primo Levi's Journey [+see also:
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( La strada di Levi) and The Session is Open (L'udienza è aperta).

Italian co-productions at Toronto include Born and Bred by Pablo Trapero, Trance [+see also:
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trailer
film profile
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by Teresa Villaverde (Contemporary World Cinema section), The Wind That Shakes the Barley [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ken Loach
interview: Rebecca O’Brien
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by Ken Loach, Private Fears in Public Places [+see also:
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by Alain Resnais (Masters) and Zabou Breitman’s L’homme de sa vie (Special Presentation).

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(Translated from Italian)

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