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Toronto Film Festival Dailies
The 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival takes place Thursday, September 7—17, 2023 in Canada's most vibrant and exciting metropolis, it has become one of the most important film events on the festival calendar. Showcasing more than 300 films and hosting industryites from around the world, Toronto can "make or break" films looking for international distribution and a chance at Oscar gold. From glitzy red carpet premieres to challenging art films to cutting edge new media, the Festival offers something for every taste. Past Coverage 2014 2015 - Coverage 2016 in French English  Goodbye Solo Wins Venice FIPRESCI Prize Monday, September 8--------Goodbye Solo, the latest film from New York writer/director Ramin Bahrani, has won the prestigious FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival, which just concluded this past weekend. The film makes its North American debut this evening at the Toronto International Film Festival. I caught the press screening of the film yesterday, and I will go out on a limb and say that this is one of the best and most emotionally deep films of the Festival. Mixing an American directness with a European attention to detail, Bahrani offers a wonderously profound meditation on what seperates us, what connects us and the deep human instinct to reach out to one another. The film is anchored by two sublime performances. African actor Souléymane Sy Savané plays Solo, a Senegalese taxi driver living in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, whose ingratiating smile and gentle manner makes him instinctively want to get involved in the personal lives of his passengers. Veteran actor Red West plays his 70-year-old passenger, a man with a dark family secret whose hard life shows in every crevice of his deeply lined face. The relationship that develops between these two disparate characters forms the heart of this story. The taxi driver comes to understand that his passenger, who has booked him for a trip to a nearby mountain peak, is bent on suicide. So, he determines to get involved in the older man's life (despite the passenger's deep resistance) and demonstrate that life is sacred and, despite its disappointments, worth living. Savané, who is a new screen presence to me, invests so much humanity and charisma into his character that he is a delight to watch and is the magnetic core of this astonishingly well-acted indie.
Sandy Mandelberger, Toronto FF Dailies Editor
08.09.2008 | Toronto Film Festival Dailies's blog Cat. : CDATA Chop Shop Cinema of the United States Entertainment Entertainment Films FIPRESCI FIPRESCI Prize Goodbye Solo Goodbye Solo Independent films International Federation of Film Critics Man Push Cart New York Rahmin Bahrani Ramin Ramin Bahrani Ramin Bahrani Red West Sandy Mandelberger Solo Souléymane Sy Savané Souléymane Sy Savané the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards the Toronto International Film Festival the Venice Film Festival Toronto Toronto FF Dailies Toronto International Film Festival Venice Venice Film Festival Veteran Winston Winston-Salem, North Carolina AWARDS
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'Goodbye Solo' opens
'Goodbye Solo' opens theatrically on March 27th. Check out www.goodbyesolomovie.com for the trailer, theater listing, etc.
Goodbye Solo
What Barack Obama is to George Bush, this film is to a Hollywood movie a la Steven Spielberg or Robert Altman, et al., --- this script is lightyears beyond most others. Whereas most movies rely on caricatures to support a plot premise, Bahrani has succeeded in keeping it real. What a pleasure to randomly choose a film in the Portland International Film Festival and discover this splendid bit of dramaturgy told so damn well that I couldn't wait to discover who had written this script. After googling Bahrani, and reading a few interviews, I understand that he is comfortable working with/crediting the camera man as well as sharing the writing of a script (for Chop Shop). Their youth shows in some of the excessive driving scenes as well as a few close-up shots of Souleymane Sy Savane that lingered too long to communicate any story. Small matter, and they will certainly keep honing their skills.
I'm excited to have discovered Bahrani.
See this film if you can. Souleymane Sy Savane's character, especially, is one to love and absorb into your imagination.