Among the titles that IONCINEMA.com will be covering at TIFF and therefore look forward to getting familiarized a little beforehand is Hector Babenco's The Past (O Pasado). A couple of years after Carandiru, I'm glad to see the Brazilian filmmaker (born in Argentina) back in form after a serious cancer-related illness that took him off the map for a couple of years.
Based on a novel by the Argentine writer Alan Pauls, The Past is about a couple who decide to separate after 12 years; while the man (played by Gael García Bernal) tries to leave his past behind, his former partner is unable to let go. Click on the poster image below to access the trailer.
