Legendary filmmaker Atom Egoyan returns to the Toronto International Film Festival this year unveiling his new film Seven Veils. The film is set to make its world premier at TIFF this September. This also marks the 18th time an Egoyan film has been premiered at the festival. Egoyan, born in Egypt and raised in Western Canada is among Canada’s most revered directors.
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Seven Veils
Egoyan reunites with actress Amanda Seyfried (2009 – Chloe) where Seyfried plays the role of Jeanine, a theatre director. Jeanine is tasked with remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, Jeanine allows her repressed trauma to colour the present as she re-enters the opera world after so many years away. Egoyan first directed Salome for the Canadian Opera Company in 1996. He returned earlier this year to revive the production on stage.
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“Amanda is a phenomenal actress, and here she brilliantly plays a woman dealing with complex and explosive relationships in her past, present, and future,” said Egoyan. “To have the world premiere of this film at TIFF and to be partnering with the Canadian Opera Company really brings my two great passions together in such a
beautiful way.”
“We are honoured to premiere Atom Egoyan’s extraordinary film at this year’s Festival,” said Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF. “Egoyan’s cinematic works are unmatched, and we’re excited to bring Seven Veils to our TIFF audiences and to the city of Toronto, his home.”
Tickets for the Avant-première screening of Seven Veils at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts will be available from August 15, 2023 and can be purchased online at coc.ca or by calling the Four Seasons Centre Box Office at 416-363-8231.
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