Director Thomas Vinterberg and a formidable cast — including Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, and Colin Firth — recreate the tragic final hours of the real-life nuclear submarine explosion that left the ship stranded at the bottom of the Barents Sea, while bureaucratic obstacles impeded rescue and their families’ search for answers.
The August 2000 sinking of the nuclear submarine Kursk was a tragedy - one that could have been avoided. The disaster haunts us still, and it has been vividly recreated in this new film from director Thomas Vinterberg and screenwriter Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan), starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, and Colin Firth.
Drinks are on Michael Moore tonight at 8:30 at Assembly Chef’s Hall.
The director just opened up the celebration party for his new movie Fahrenheit 11/9, screening at TIFF, to the public in a Tweet.
He received a standing ovation after the world premiere of Fahrenheit 11/9 on September 6 at the opening night of the festival in Toronto.
At the premiere red bandanas were handed out to represent resistance and Trump baby balloons floated in the air. Moore also invited students of Parkland, Florida and a Flint Water whistleblower onstage after the screening.
Though there are lots of great parties to hit up this year for TIFF, this is a chance to take advantage of one particularly generous director’s success and toast to his achievements.
michaelfmoore: Goodbye Toronto! Thank you Canadians. That is not rain; those are our tears. We will miss you and your free health care, your well-paved roads, your lack of open-carry laws and your washboard-abbed prime minister who greets refugees at the airport. We will not soon forget the fine Canadian doughnuts, watching newscasts with news, and hearing “sorry” so many times when, in fact, it is us who need to say sorry to you. We go home now to fix the mess and return to our role as your favourite neighbor who steals all your best comedians and your Stanley Cup. Bisouxxx!
