Promotional poster for the 41st Toronto Film Festival
The first batch of films to be announced at the 41st Toronto Film Festival, which will be held from September 8 to 18, includes 17 panoramic units and 48 special screening units. The star-studded Western film "Heroic Seven Dragons" became the opening film, and the youth film "Best Close Friend" was the closing film. It is worth looking forward to the selection of three "Made in China" films, namely "I Am Not Pan Jinlian", "The History of the Demise of Romanticism" and the co-production film "The Birth of the Dragon", which describes Bruce Lee's last formal duel before entering the film and television industry. Three new works by "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Rooney Mara, "The Secret Manuscript", "The Lion" and "Una", were also featured, while three works by Isabella Huppel , "Her" in the main competition in Cannes, "Things to Come" in Berlin, and "Remembrance" by "Texas, North Sea" director Bavo Devern were also selected.
Poster of "The Seven Dragons"
The story of "Heroic Seven Dragons" is adapted from Akira Kurosawa's classic "Seven Samurai", which tells the story of the villagers of a small Mexican village after the American Civil War, who was attacked by bandits, and a small-town woman paid for seven gunmen from the United States with extraordinary skills to fight against the bandits. Produced by MGM Pictures, the film is directed by Anthony Faucuea, the director of "Training Day", starring a big-name and star-studded star, namely deazel Washington, a black Oscar actor who plays "Bounty Hunter", Chris Pratt, who plays "Star Lord" who plays "Gambler", Matt Pomo/ who plays the husband of a Mexican woman, Ethan Hawke, who plays "Sharpshooter", Vincent Donofeo, who plays "Black Bugger" and "Assassin" The "two-faced king" Li Bingxian. The film will be released in North America on September 23 and hong Kong on September 30.