Atom Egoyan’s Opera-Inspired ‘Seven Veils’ Starring Amanda Seyfried Sets TIFF Premiere
deadline.comToronto New Wave filmmaker Atom Egoyan has set a Toronto Film Festival world premiere for his newest feature, Seven Veils, reteaming him with Oscar nom Amanda Seyfried following their work together on the 2009 thriller Chloe.
Inspired by Egoyan’s experiences mounting the opera Salome for the Canadian Opera Company, both all the way back in 1996 and earlier this year, the film is set for a TIFF Special Presentation bow on Sunday, September 10, though it will first screen two days prior at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
The Avant-première, presented in partnership with the Canadian Opera Company, will take place at 7 p.m. Joining Seven Veils in making a TIFF world premiere, as previously announced, is Taika Waititi’s soccer comedy Next Goal Wins with Michael Fassbender.
Further details on the festival schedule will be released next month. A two-time Academy Award nominee, Egoyan’s 18th feature set for TIFF stars Seyfried as Jeanine, an earnest theatre director tasked with remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, Salome.
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