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TIFF Picks 09: Atom Egoyan’s Chloe

The fact that Egoyan’s film was not invited/or sent to Venice, is not the opening film for TIFF and is a remake on a subpar French film could all be cons, but recent word is, this might be Egoyan’s best pic since The Sweet Hereafter. Looking forward to this Canadian content.

Eric Lavallée

Published on September 7, 2009

#30. CHLOE

Director: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried
Distributor: Rights Available.

Buzz: The fact that Egoyan’s film was not invited/or sent to Venice, is not the opening film for TIFF and is a remake on a subpar French film could all be cons, but recent word is this might be Egoyan’s best pic since The Sweet Hereafter. Looking forward to this Canadian content.

The Gist: Based on Anne Fontaine’s 2003 film Nathalie, Catherine (Julianne Moore), a successful doctor, suspects her husband David (Liam Neeson), a handsome music professor, is cheating on her. To lay her suspicions and fears to rest, she hires an irresistible young woman, Chloe (Amanda Seyfried), to test David’s fidelity. Chloe’s torrid tales of her encounters with David lead Catherine on a journey of sexual and sensual re-discovery. But by opening the door to temptation, she puts her family in great danger.

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Eric Lavallée

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).