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25 Alternative 2011 TIFF Picks: Angelina Nikonova’s Twilight Portrait

Now that Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible is distant memory, I’m now ready for rape redux. So far the timeline for Angelina Nikonova’s debut film is as follows: summer debut at a local Russian Film Festival were it was dubbed as an “audience dividing” strong first-effort from Variety, onto a showing on the Lido in the Venice Days sidebar and as of next week – an assured jolt (this displays the omitance of artificial lights) at its North American unveiling.

#23. Twilight Portrait

Director: Angelina Nikonova
Cast: Olga Dihovichnaya, Sergei Borisov, Vsevolod Voronov, Sergei Golyudov, Roman Merinov
Distributor: Rights Available

BuzzNow that Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible is a distant memory, I’m now ready for a rape redux. So far the timeline for Angelina Nikonova’s debut film is as follows: summer debut at a local Russian Film Festival were it was dubbed as an “audience dividing” strong first-effort from Variety, onto a showing on the Lido in the Venice Days sidebar and as of next week – an assured jolt (this displays the omitance of artificial lights) at its North American unveiling.

The Gist: A social worker, a child psycholigist in the middlelife crisis, Marina, gets injured by policemen. She seeks revenge. When she finally meets the initiator of the dramatic event, she decides to use her professional skills instead of common weapons.

TIFF ScheduleFriday September 9
AMC 9
3:00pm
Saturday September 10
AMC 1
1:00pm
Friday September 16
AMC 9
6:00pm

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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