Departing from tradition, the Toronto International Film Festival on Wednesday chose the homegrown drama "Emotional Arithmetic," starring Susan Sarandon and Christopher Plummer, to close its 32nd edition, which runs September 6-15. The festival, which previously has scheduled lighter movies, often from major studios, as closing-night films, this year tapped Paolo Barzman`s drama about three Holocaust survivors separated by the Nazis who reunite 35 years later on a bucolic Quebec farm.
Rounding out the cast of the Canadian movie are Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dupuis and Max von Sydow.
"Emotional Arithmetic" was touted as a possible opener for Toronto but was beaten by another homegrown Holocaust-themed movie, Jeremy Podeswa`s "Fugitive Pieces."
The movie will receive a high-profile gala at Roy Thomson Hall before Toronto`s closing-night party September 15.
"We are proud that the festival now opens and closes with vibrant and high-profile Canadian films," festival co-director Noah Cowan said. "The inclusion of this powerful film reflects the robust nature of our industry."
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