Cuadro de mando de la película del Festival de Cine de Toronto 2020

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The Toronto International Film Festival goes mostly virtual for its 45th edition, which continues the rollout for Venice hits Nomadland and One Night in Miami, and will host the premieres of Spike Lee’s latest joint, David Byrne’s American Utopia, and the Kate Winslet/Saoirise Ronan romantic drama Ammonite. As these films achieve or update their Tomatometer scores, along with everything else playing at the festival through September 19th, we’ll be adding them to our Toronto Film Festival 2020 Movie Scorecard.

#46

Adjusted Score: 101.842%

Critics Consensus: A poetic character study on the forgotten and downtrodden, Nomadland beautifully captures the restlessness left in the wake of the Great Recession.

Synopsis: Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off… [More]

#45

Adjusted Score: 100.052%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Anthony (Academy Award Winner, Anthony Hopkins) is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the carers that his daughter, Anne… [More]

#44

Adjusted Score: 100.052%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

#43

Adjusted Score: 52.622%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A young man incarcerated in a prison in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire must spend the whole night recounting a story if… [More]

#42

Adjusted Score: 42.098%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: What happens when you die and lose control of your story? No Ordinary Man features acclaimed trans culture makers as… [More]

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#41

Adjusted Score: 47.36%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge: torn between innocent childhood and reckless adolescence; forced to grow up fast and become… [More]

#40

Adjusted Score: 36.835%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A feature film by Jasmila banić about the massacre of Srebrenica…. [More]

#39

Adjusted Score: 36.835%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: This documentary captures the struggles of patients and frontline medical professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan…. [More]

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#38

Adjusted Score: 31.573%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Miwa Nishikawa’s touching, poignant redemption drama follows a middle-aged ex-yakuza (Koji Yakusho) as he adjusts to life outside of prison…. [More]

#37

Adjusted Score: 26.311%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Master documentarian Frederick Wiseman delivers an epic look at Boston’s city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more…. [More]

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#36

Adjusted Score: 100.052%

Critics Consensus: A hauntingly powerful reflection on larger-than-life figures, One Night in Miami finds Regina King in command of her craft in her feature directorial debut.

Synopsis: Set on the night of February 25, 1964, One Night in Miami follows a young Cassius Clay (before he became… [More]

#35

Adjusted Score: 96.473%

Critics Consensus: Helmed in elegant and exhilarating style by Spike Lee, David Byrne’s American Utopia is a concert film that doubles as a joyously cathartic celebration.

Synopsis: The brilliant minds of Spike Lee and Talking Heads frontman, David Byrne collide in the film version of Byrne’s wildly… [More]

#34

Adjusted Score: 96.21%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: I CARE A LOT follows Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike), a highly successful legal guardian with a knack for exploiting the… [More]

#33

Adjusted Score: 68.514%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

#32

Adjusted Score: 68.514%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Sharad Nerulkar has devoted his life to becoming an Indian classical music vocalist, diligently following the traditions and discipline of… [More]

#31

Adjusted Score: 62.936%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting… [More]

#30

Adjusted Score: 42.15%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: J. Edgar Hoover hated Martin Luther King. He was convinced the civil rights movement was infiltrated by communists. He also… [More]

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#29

Adjusted Score: 31.678%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: The latest from the Nasser brothers (Dégradé) is a satire on love and desire, and an affirmation that life continues… [More]

#28

Adjusted Score: 86.105%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: The film follows 15-year-old Cole, who’s forced to live with his estranged father Harper in North Philadelphia, where, despite the… [More]

#27

Adjusted Score: 26.206%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: From Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbott, filmmakers of the multi-award-winning global hit, The Corporation, comes this hard-hitting and timely sequel…. [More]

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#26

Adjusted Score: 26.206%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: There’s a theory that we should be born with a share of alcohol in our blood–that modest intoxication opens our… [More]

#25

Adjusted Score: 25.259%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: WILDFIRE is the story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who… [More]

#24

Adjusted Score: 47.465%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s deeply disturbing debut feature, a traumatic betrayal drives a woman towards a vengeful extremity…. [More]

#23

Adjusted Score: 47.465%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: An average American family becomes entangled in a bizarre web of espionage and corporate secrets when their hacker son is… [More]

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#22

Adjusted Score: 47.465%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: The director of Sacro GRA (Venice Golden Lion Winner), Fire At Sea (Berlin Golden Bear winner and Oscar nominee) –… [More]

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#21

Adjusted Score: 78.894%

Critics Consensus: Pieces of a Woman struggles to maintain momentum after a stunning opening act, but Vanessa Kirby’s performance makes the end result a poignant portrait of grief.

Synopsis: When a home birth goes tragically awry, a grieving woman is thrust into an emotional inner journey by trying to… [More]

#20

Adjusted Score: 77.158%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In the 1840s, acclaimed self-taught paleontologist Mary Anning works alone on the wild and brutal Southern English coastline of Lyme… [More]

#19

Adjusted Score: 47.36%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Chloë Grace Moretz stars as a WWII pilot trying to warn her obstinate male comrades of a sinister stowaway, in… [More]

#18

Adjusted Score: 67.105%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: PENGUIN BLOOM follows a paralyzed woman who finds new hope caring for an injured baby magpie. Starring Naomi Watts, Andrew… [More]

#17

Adjusted Score: 47.149%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Based on the true story of Jadin Bell, a fifteen-year-old openly gay sophomore, who took his own life after being… [More]

#16

Adjusted Score: 47.149%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend… [More]

#15

Adjusted Score: 63.263%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: John Petersen (Viggo Mortensen) lives with his partner Eric (Terry Chen) and their adopted daughter Monica in Southern California. His… [More]

#14

Adjusted Score: 15.839%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In this gonzo, martial arts-infused horror-comedy, Taiwan’s parliament turns deadly when a virus transforms politicians into ravenous zombie mutants…. [More]

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