ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche reunite a quarter of a century after co-starring in Oscar-winning film british patient Starring in classic dramas returnwhich had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday night.
While Fiennes was unable to attend TIFF due to her return to the UK, Binoche paid tribute to her co-star as she insisted that despite coming from different countries and backgrounds, they share similar qualities.
“I’ve always loved working with him (Fiennes) because there’s a lot of rhythm, around the weight of words, the weight of silence and stillness. It’s very sincere,” Binoche said at Roy Thomson Hall After receiving a brief but enthusiastic standing ovation, the audience told return draw conclusions.
“I feel like, even though we are a couple in this movie, we are like brothers and sisters. We are very similar even though we live in different countries, speak different languages, have different genders and have different educations,” French Bi Nosh said of Fiennes, who is from England.
Bleecker Street acquires North American rights ahead of Toronto returnRetelling of Homer’s Epic Odyssey Fiennes plays King Odysseus, a man haggard and unrecognizable since he fought in the Trojan War. His beloved wife Penélope (Binoche) is imprisoned in her own home and forced to choose a new husband and a new king.
Their son Telemachus (played by Charlie Plummer) has lost faith in his father and faces death at the hands of suitors who see him as a relentless pursuit of Penelope and the kingdom obstacles.
Director Pasolini nothing special and producer complete montydirected the feature film from a script he co-wrote with Edward Bond and John Colley.
In 1997, Binoche won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her performance in the film directed by Anthony Minghella. british patient. Adapted from Michael Ondaatje’s novel, the film follows a French-Canadian nurse (Binoche) who cares for a severely burned Englishman in an Italian monastery who cannot remember his name, and was directed by Fiennes Play.
Binoche said in the post-screening Q&A that while watching returnshe realized that Fiennes was injured british patient and their latest collaboration. “The only difference is, he was my patient over 20 years ago, and now I have to be patient to get him back,” she said.
At the Oscars ceremony, british patient It went on to win nine of 12 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Binoche and Best Director for Minghella.
returnCo-produced by Italy, Greece, the United Kingdom and France, Pasolini and James Clayton for Red Wave Films, Roberto Cessa for Picomedia and Rai Cinema, Giorgio Canavas and Constantinos Con Toravkis produces for Heretic, alongside Stéphane Moatti, Romain Le Grand, Vivien Aslanian and Marco Pacchioni for Kabo Films and Marvelous Production.
Andrew Karpen and Kent Sanderson serve as executive producers on “Bleecker Street.”
