Gritty Realism Lights Up Toronto - page 2

11-09-2008 11:24

Perhaps to be the defining role of Anne Hathaway's career so far the film tackles the idea of a dysfunctional family as well as battling addiction. Along with the likes of Keira Knightley Anne Hathaway's performance has been ear marked as a possible Oscar contender.

Also doing the rounds are a pair of war movies one from Denmark Flame & Citron is a World War II epic that depicts the Danish resistance against Nazi occupation.

The second comes in the form of Good, a Holocaust drama which have always done well with the Academy with Schindler's List and The Pianist being recognised, as Viggo Mortensen going for a second straight Best Actor Oscar nomination.

But last night some of Hollywood's biggest names, in the form of Oscar winners Rachel Weisz and Adrian Brody, graced the red carpet for the premiere of new movie The brothers Bloom.

The Brothers Bloom" tells the tale of the Bloom brothers, two young con men whose lives change forever upon meeting a beautiful young heiress named Penelope (Weisz).

While initially, the brothers plan to con her, she becomes an unlikely partner in their latest scheme.

The plot thickens when Penelope's beauty and brains enchants one of the brothers, and threatens to break a lifelong bond of kinship.

Toronto Film Festival runs until Saturday.

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw